Definitions For Ebb

noun

  • The outward flow of the tide
  • A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  • The time when the tide flows out from the land
  • A low point or condition : a condition of weakness, failure, etc.

verb

  • Fall away or decline
  • Hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
  • Flow back or recede
  • To flow outward from the land
  • To get worse

Is Ebb 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
7
Words with Friends
9

The word Ebb is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Ebb in a Sentence

  • Morale seems to have reached its lowest ebb.
  • A surprising ebb in the quality of workmanship in goods coming from that country
  • Waiting for the tide to ebb
  • The fortunes of the town slowly ebbed as factory after textile factory closed

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