Is BARB a word?
BARB is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 4 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 4 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BARB is a valid word.
What does barb mean?
noun: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
“his parting shot was `drop dead'”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BARB: word details
- Pronunciation: BAHRB (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 4 letters, a short word. It is one of 5,469 4-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside barb
Words you can make from the letters of barb.
Solve a whole rack, not just BARB
BARB is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does BARB mean?
BARB is a noun. It means: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
Is BARB a valid word?
Yes, BARB is a valid word. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.