YOBBO is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. YOBBO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YOBBO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YOBBO is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOBBO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yobbosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YOBBO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YOBBO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,344 thousand.
What does YOBBO mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangBritish
A loutish, aggressive young man, especially one who behaves badly or noisily in public.
A yobbo is typically loud, rude and sometimes threatening in the way he behaves in the street, a bar or a stadium, and the word is used to condemn that kind of public bad behavior. British newspapers often use yobbo, or the shorter form yob, when reporting on groups of rowdy young men involved in vandalism, drunkenness or fighting. The word is thought to come from a playful backwards spelling of boy, though most speakers today have no sense of that origin. It is always disapproving and is never used as a compliment.
How YOBBO is used
Disapproving British slang, most often used of rowdy or aggressive young men, such as football hooligans.
- A gang of yobbo teenagers smashed the bus shelter last night.
- The police were called after a yobbo started a fight outside the pub.
- Local residents complained about yobbo behavior on the estate.
- He was labeled a yobbo after the incident made the local news.
- Not every young man in the crowd was a yobbo, but a few were.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOBBO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YOBBO
The 5 tiles of YOBBO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YOBBO
2 longer words begin with YOBBO.
Shorter words from the letters in YOBBO
Common questions about YOBBO
- Is YOBBO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YOBBO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YOBBO worth?
- YOBBO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOBBO mean?
- A loutish, aggressive young man, especially one who behaves badly or noisily in public.
- What letters can be added to YOBBO?
- YOBBO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YOBBO:
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