ABACA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ABACA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABACA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABACA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABACA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abacasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABACA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ABACA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 224,070.
What stands out about ABACA
- ABACA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABACA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanytechnical
A large herbaceous plant of the banana family native to the Philippines, or the strong fiber obtained from its leaf stalks, also known as Manila hemp.
An abaca plant looks much like an ordinary banana tree, growing tall broad leaves from a fleshy stem, but growers value it for its fiber rather than for any fruit. Workers strip the long leaf stalks and process them to extract abaca fiber, prized for its strength, resistance to salt water and light weight, which made it the preferred material for ship's rope before synthetic fibers became widespread. The Philippines remains the world's leading source of abaca, and specialty paper makers still use the fiber today for products such as tea bags, banknotes and fine stationery. Manila hemp, the older trade name for the same fiber, comes directly from Manila, the port through which most abaca was once shipped.
How ABACA is used
A technical and botanical term, used in agriculture, textiles and paper-making to name the plant and the fiber it produces.
- Farmers on the plantation harvested abaca for export.
- The rope was woven from strong, salt-resistant abaca fiber.
- Specialty paper makers still buy abaca for fine stationery.
- The Philippines supplies most of the world's abaca.
- Old sailing ships relied on abaca rope because it resisted seawater.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABACA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABACA
1 longer words begin with ABACA.
Shorter words from the letters in ABACA
Common questions about ABACA
- Is ABACA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABACA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABACA worth?
- ABACA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABACA mean?
- A large herbaceous plant of the banana family native to the Philippines, or the strong fiber obtained from its leaf stalks, also known as Manila hemp.
- What letters can be added to ABACA?
- ABACA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ABACA:
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