Definitions For Barb

noun

  • One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
  • A subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
  • The pointed part of barbed wire
  • An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

verb

  • Provide with barbs

Is Barbs a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
11

The word Barb is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

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