YBORE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. YBORE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YBORE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YBORE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YBORE
No single letter turns YBORE into another word.
How YBORE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YBORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does YBORE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To be born or to have been carried, as the old past participle of bear.
Ybore carries the y- that Old English used to mark a completed action, the same prefix seen in other Spenserian participles, attached here to the participle of bear. Chaucer used it where a modern writer would say was born, so a hero ybore in a great house was one born into it. The same form could also mean simply carried, since bear covered both senses long before English split them apart.
How YBORE is used
Archaic; found in Middle English and Spenserian verse, never in modern writing.
- The chronicle says the child was ybore in a humble house.
- She was ybore of noble line, the old text claims.
- He read that the hero ybore his wounds without complaint.
- The poem uses ybore where a modern line would say born.
- Ybore appears twice in the same stanza of the old romance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YBORE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in YBORE
Common questions about YBORE
- Is YBORE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YBORE is not in it.
- How many points is YBORE worth?
- YBORE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YBORE mean?
- To be born or to have been carried, as the old past participle of bear.
- What letters can be added to YBORE?
- No single letter can be added to YBORE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YBORE:
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