Is EBB a Scrabble word?
Yes. EBB is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends.
Meaning The receding movement of the tide.
Noun 4 meanings
The receding movement of the tide.
“The boats will go out on the ebb.”
A gradual decline.
A low state; a state of depression.
A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
Adjective 1 meaning
low, shallow
Verb 4 meanings
to flow back or recede
“The tides ebbed at noon.”
to fall away or decline
“The dying man's strength ebbed away.”
to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
To cause to flow back.
Etymology
From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apó. See also West Frisian ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe, Danish ebbe, Old Norse efja (“countercurrent”), Old English af.
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EBB at a glance
EBB has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (E 1 + B 3 + B 3) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #26,700 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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