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FOBBING

7 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What FOBBING Means

FOBBING is a form of FOB, which means:

  1. noun: a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch
  2. noun: an adornment that hangs from a watch chain
  3. verb: deceive somebody“We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FOBBING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 O1 B3 B3 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In FOBBING

51 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 (1)

5 letter words (4)

4 letter words (9)

3 letter words (25)

2 letter words (12)

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