ABOARD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ABOARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABOARD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABOARD is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABOARD
No single letter turns ABOARD into another word.
How ABOARD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ABOARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does ABOARD mean in Scrabble?
adverb
On or into a ship, aircraft, train or other vehicle.
Aboard tells you that someone has stepped onto a vehicle and is now travelling with it. It began as a sailor's word, meaning on the board, or side, of a ship, and later spread to railways and aircraft. It can also work as a preposition, as in aboard the ferry, and in everyday speech it means joining a team or project.
How ABOARD is used
Also figurative: welcome aboard greets a new member of any group.
- All passengers are now aboard.
- The crew went aboard before dawn.
- Welcome aboard, and enjoy the flight.
- We climbed aboard the little ferry.
- The new manager came aboard last week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABOARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ABOARD
The 6 tiles of ABOARD in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ABOARD
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Common questions about ABOARD
- Is ABOARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABOARD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABOARD worth?
- ABOARD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABOARD mean?
- On or into a ship, aircraft, train or other vehicle.
- What letters can be added to ABOARD?
- No single letter can be added to ABOARD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ABOARD:
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