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EBBS

4 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What EBBS Means

EBBS is a form of EBB, which means:

  1. verb: flow back or recede“the tides ebbed at noon”
  2. verb: hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
  3. noun: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  4. noun: the outward flow of the tide

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EBBS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 B3 B3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In EBBS

4 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.

3 letter words (2)

2 letter words (2)

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