ABACUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ABACUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABACUS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABACUS is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABACUS
Front hooks — 1
babacusBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ABACUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ABACUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does ABACUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A frame with rows of sliding beads, used for counting and simple arithmetic.
Each wire or groove of an abacus stands for a place value, so beads moved along it add, subtract or carry numbers. Versions of the device appeared in Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and China, and skilled users can still calculate quickly with one. The word comes through Latin from Greek, where it first meant a flat board or slab.
How ABACUS is used
Also the name of the flat slab at the top of a column capital in architecture.
- The shopkeeper added the bill on an abacus faster than I could use a calculator.
- Children in some schools still learn to count with an abacus.
- A wooden abacus hung on the wall of the old counting house.
- The abacus at the top of the column was carved with a simple border.
- Her grandfather kept a brass abacus as a keepsake from his travels.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABACUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABACUS
1 longer words begin with ABACUS.
Shorter words from the letters in ABACUS
Common questions about ABACUS
- Is ABACUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABACUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABACUS worth?
- ABACUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABACUS mean?
- A frame with rows of sliding beads, used for counting and simple arithmetic.
- What letters can be added to ABACUS?
- ABACUS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ABACUS:
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