ABA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ABA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABA?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABA is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ABA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about ABA
- ABA is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A loose sleeveless cloak worn in Arab countries.
The aba is woven in one piece from camel or goat hair and is designed to go over everything else, which is why it has no fitting worth the name. The word also names the cloth itself, and the two senses are impossible to separate in practice.
How ABA is used
Countable: an aba, two abas. Also spelled abba and abaya.
- The aba goes over whatever is already being worn.
- An aba of camel hair keeps out heat and cold alike.
- The word aba names the cloak and the cloth together.
- Two abas hung by the door for visitors.
- A good aba is woven in one piece and never cut.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ABA
The 3 tiles of ABA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ABA
Showing 24 of 85 words that begin with ABA.
Words ending in ABA
17 words end in ABA. Useful as a back hook: play ABA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ABA inside
Showing 24 of 326 words that contain ABA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ABA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ABA
Common questions about ABA
- Is ABA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABA worth?
- ABA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABA mean?
- A loose sleeveless cloak worn in Arab countries.
- What letters can be added to ABA?
- ABA takes 5 hooks: 3 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ABA:
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