barb

NOUNVERB /bɑrb/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH B

barb is a valid 4-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3A1R1B3
3 + 1 + 1 + 3 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING

What does barb mean?

NOUN · 4 SENSES
1

An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.

NARROWER
2

A subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove.

BROADER
NARROWER
3

One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather.

4

The pointed part of barbed wire.

BROADER
VERB · 1 SENSE
1

Provide with barbs.

“barbed wire”

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of barb

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