ebb
NOUNVERB
/ɛb/
3 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH E
ebb is a valid 3-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
E1B3B3
1 + 3 + 3 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING
What does ebb mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
The outward flow of the tide.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
VERB · 3 SENSES
1
Flow back or recede.
“the tides ebbed at noon”
SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
BROADER
2
Fall away or decline.
“The patient's strength ebbed away”
BROADER
RELATED
3
Hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb.
BROADER