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BOBBING

7 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BOBBING Means

BOBBING is a form of BOB, which means:

  1. noun: a former monetary unit in Great Britain
  2. noun: a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
  3. verb: move up and down repeatedly in a quick, short movement“her rucksack bobbed gently on her back”
  4. verb: ride a bobsled“The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BOBBING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 O1 B3 B3 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In BOBBING

39 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (2)

5 letter words (3)

4 letter words (6)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (10)

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