ZEBUB is valid in Collins, not in North America — 18 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZEBUB 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 18 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ZEBUB?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZEBUB is to know. It scores 18 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZEBUB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zebubsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZEBUB scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZEBUB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,568 thousand.
What does ZEBUB mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyrare
A large biting fly native to parts of Africa that attacks cattle and other livestock.
A zebub bites and spreads disease among herds in a manner similar to the tsetse fly, making it a serious pest for cattle-keeping communities where it occurs. The word is borrowed from Arabic and is closely tied to the name Beelzebub, which literally means lord of the flies.
How ZEBUB is used
Rare; met chiefly in older natural-history writing about African insects.
- Herders in the region feared the zebub more than any other insect.
- The naturalist's notes describe the zebub biting cattle along the riverbank.
- A swarm of zebub could weaken an entire herd within weeks.
- Old travel accounts mention the zebub alongside other biting flies of Abyssinia.
- The word zebub is linked to the name Beelzebub, lord of the flies.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZEBUB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZEBUB
1 longer words begin with ZEBUB.
Shorter words from the letters in ZEBUB
Common questions about ZEBUB
- Is ZEBUB valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ZEBUB is not in it.
- How many points is ZEBUB worth?
- ZEBUB is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZEBUB mean?
- A large biting fly native to parts of Africa that attacks cattle and other livestock.
- What letters can be added to ZEBUB?
- ZEBUB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZEBUB:
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