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ORBS

4 letters, 6 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What ORBS Means

ORBS is a form of ORB, which means:

  1. noun: the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
  2. noun: an object with a spherical shape“a ball of fire”
  3. verb: move in an orbit“The moon orbits around the Earth”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ORBS 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 O1 R1 B3 S1.

Anagrams of ORBS (4)

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

Words Made From The Letters In ORBS

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 ORBS

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

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