ZOMBI is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ZOMBI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZOMBI?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZOMBI is to know. It scores 18 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOMBI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZOMBI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZOMBI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does ZOMBI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dead body said to be revived by magic and made to obey the will of another, or a person acting in a dull, mechanical way.
In Haitian and wider Caribbean folklore a zombi is a corpse brought back to a kind of life through sorcery, without its own will. The same spelling is also used, more loosely, of a person who moves or behaves as if drained of energy and awareness.
How ZOMBI is used
The spelling zombi is an older variant; zombie is now the more common form in general use.
- The old story told of a zombi raised from its grave.
- Villagers feared becoming a zombi under the sorcerer's spell.
- He shuffled through the office like a zombi after the night shift.
- The film borrowed its zombi from Caribbean folklore rather than horror cliches.
- No potion, the elder said, could truly make a zombi of a living man.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOMBI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZOMBI
12 longer words begin with ZOMBI.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOMBI
Common questions about ZOMBI
- Is ZOMBI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZOMBI, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZOMBI worth?
- ZOMBI is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOMBI mean?
- A dead body said to be revived by magic and made to obey the will of another, or a person acting in a dull, mechanical way.
- What letters can be added to ZOMBI?
- ZOMBI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZOMBI:
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