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Is robbery a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word robbery is a Scrabble US word. The word robbery is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is robbery a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word robbery is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

R1O1B3B3E1R1Y4

Is robbery a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word robbery is a Words With Friends word. The word robbery is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1O1B4B4E1R1Y3

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7-letter words (1 found)

ROBBERY,

6-letter words (1 found)

ROBBER,

5-letter words (4 found)

BEROB,BERRY,BORER,YBORE,

4-letter words (12 found)

BORE,BRER,BREY,BYRE,OBEY,ORBY,OYER,ROBE,RORE,RORY,YEBO,YORE,

3-letter words (20 found)

BEY,BOB,BOR,BOY,BRO,BRR,BYE,EBB,ERR,OBE,ORB,ORE,OYE,REB,REO,ROB,ROE,RYE,YER,YOB,

2-letter words (11 found)

BE,BO,BY,ER,OB,OE,OR,OY,RE,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 50 words from robbery according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of robbery

robbery

Etymology

From Middle English robberie, robry, roberie, from Old French roberie, from the verb rober (“to steal; to pillage”) + -ie. Ultimately from unattested Frankish *raubōn. By surface analysis, rob +‎ -ery. Compare Dutch roverij (“robbery”), Norwegian Bokmål røveri (“robbery”), German Räuberei (“robbery, banditry”).

Displaced native Old English rēaflāc.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒbəɹi/, /ˈɹɒbɹi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑbəɹi/
  • Hyphenation: rob‧bery

Noun

robbery (countable and uncountable, plural robberies)

  1. The act or practice of robbing.
  2. (law) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.

Hypernyms

(attempt of taking the property of another by threat): larceny

Hyponyms

  • (attempt of taking the property of another by threat): piracy, armed robbery, aggravated robbery, highway robbery, mugging, carjacking, extortion, stick-up (slang), blagging (slang), steaming (slang), dacoity

Derived terms

Related terms

  • rob
  • robber

Translations

Middle English

Noun

robbery

  1. Alternative form of robberie

Source: wiktionary.org