Is “Barb” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
BARB
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Barb

/bɑː(ɹ)b/

noun
  1. 1.The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.

  2. 2.A hurtful or disparaging remark.

  3. 3.A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

verb
  1. 1.To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.

  2. 2.To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.

  3. 3.To cut (hair).