1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Yob in Scrabble Dictionary

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does yob mean? Is yob a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is yob worth? yob how many points in Words With Friends? What does yob mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for yob

See how to calculate how many points for yob.

Is yob a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word yob is a Scrabble US word. The word yob is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

Y4O1B3

Is yob a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word yob is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

Y4O1B3

Is yob a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word yob is a Words With Friends word. The word yob is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Y3O1B4

Our tools

Valid words made from Yob

You can make 7 words from 'yob' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'yob'

BOY 8YOB 8

2 letters words from 'yob'

BO 4BY 7
OB 4OY 5
YO 5 

All 3 letters words made out of yob

yob oyb ybo byo oby boy

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word yob. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in yob.

Definitions and meaning of yob

yob

Etymology

Backslang for boy. The second sense was likely influenced by hobnob and/or yokel.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: yŏb, IPA(key): /jɒb/
  • Rhymes: -ɒb

Noun

yob (plural yobs)

  1. (obsolete, costermongers, back slang) A boy.
  2. (derogatory, chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness.

Synonyms

  • (boy): See Thesaurus:boy
  • (antisocial person):
    • (standard register): hooligan
    • (British): tearaway, chav
    • (chiefly Australian slang): yobbo
    • (Geordie slang): charva
  • bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian

Derived terms

  • (antisocial person): yobbish, yobbo

Related terms

  • (boy): elrig (“girl”)

Translations

Anagrams

  • BYO, boy, byo, oby

Source: wiktionary.org
  • YMPE, (Spenser) to imp.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)