ZEBRA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ZEBRA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZEBRA?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZEBRA is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZEBRA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zebrasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZEBRA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZEBRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does ZEBRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A wild African mammal of the horse family, marked with bold black and white stripes over its whole body.
A zebra lives in herds on the grasslands and savannas of Africa and is closely related to the horse and the donkey. No two zebras carry exactly the same stripe pattern, much as no two human fingerprints match. The stripes are thought to help confuse biting flies and to make it harder for a predator to pick out a single animal from a running herd.
How ZEBRA is used
A common, everyday word used in zoology, children's books and general conversation alike.
- A striped zebra grazed quietly beside the watering hole.
- The children pointed excitedly at the zebra crossing the road.
- No zebra in the herd had the same pattern of stripes.
- The lion chased a young zebra that had strayed from the group.
- A photograph of a zebra hung on the classroom wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZEBRA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ZEBRA
The 5 tiles of ZEBRA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ZEBRA
10 longer words begin with ZEBRA.
Shorter words from the letters in ZEBRA
Common questions about ZEBRA
- Is ZEBRA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZEBRA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZEBRA worth?
- ZEBRA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZEBRA mean?
- A wild African mammal of the horse family, marked with bold black and white stripes over its whole body.
- What letters can be added to ZEBRA?
- ZEBRA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZEBRA:
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