What EBBED Means
EBBED is a form of EBB, which means:
- verb: flow back or recede“the tides ebbed at noon”
- verb: hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
- noun: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- noun: the outward flow of the tide
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
EBBED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 B3 B3 E1 D2.
Words Made From The Letters In EBBED
11 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.
4 letter words (2)
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing EBBED
EBBED appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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