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Is BARB a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list BARB is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
8104

What does BARB mean?

  1. nounan aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
  2. nouna subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
  3. nounthe pointed part of barbed wire

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Hooks for BARB

Add a letter to make a new word: BARBE, BARBS.

Words inside BARB

See all 6 words you can make from BARB

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About this list

Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up BARB in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

FAQ

Is BARB a Scrabble word?

BARB is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is BARB worth?

BARB is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does BARB mean?

An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.