What does BARB mean?

BARB is a valid word in the ENABLE word game list, worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends.

Pronunciation
/bɑrb/
Letters
4
Scrabble score
8
Words With Friends score
10
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect“his parting shot was `drop dead'”
  2. the pointed part of barbed wire
  3. a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
  4. one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

verb

  1. provide with barbs“barbed wire”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

barbs9barbes10barbing12

Anagrams of BARB

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside BARB

6 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

arb5 bar5 bra5 ab4 ar2 ba4

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Questions

Is BARB a Scrabble word?

BARB is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted in Scrabble and Words With Friends. Official tournament dictionaries differ slightly, so check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is BARB worth?

BARB is worth 8 points with Scrabble letter values and 10 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from BARB?

6 other words, including BAR, BA, AB and AR.