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NABS

4 letters, 6 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What NABS Means

NABS is a form of NAB, which means:

  1. verb: tag the base runner to get them out
  2. verb: take into custody“the police nabbed the suspected criminals”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NABS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 A1 B3 S1.

Anagrams of NABS (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In NABS

13 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 (8)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing NABS

NABS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.