ABATE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ABATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABATE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABATE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABATE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ABATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does ABATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To become less intense, severe, or widespread; to reduce or lessen.
Abate is most often used for things that build up and then weaken over time, such as a storm, a fever, pain, or noise. Unlike stop, which suggests a sudden end, abate implies a gradual decline from a stronger state toward a milder one. Legal and administrative writing also uses abate for formally reducing or canceling something, as when a tax or a nuisance is abated by official action.
How ABATE is used
Common in weather, medical and legal writing to describe a gradual lessening rather than a sudden end.
- The storm began to abate just before midnight.
- Doctors expect the fever to abate within two days.
- Noise from the construction site has finally abated.
- The city moved to abate the public nuisance next door.
- Her anger slowly abated as he explained what happened.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABATE
6 longer words begin with ABATE.
Words with ABATE inside
2 words contain ABATE in the middle. Words that start with ABATE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ABATE
Common questions about ABATE
- Is ABATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABATE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABATE worth?
- ABATE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABATE mean?
- To become less intense, severe, or widespread; to reduce or lessen.
- What letters can be added to ABATE?
- ABATE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ABATE:
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