ABATEMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ABATEMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABATEMENT?
| 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 ABATEMENT is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABATEMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abatementsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABATEMENT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ABATEMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABATEMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ABATEMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A lessening or ending of something unpleasant, or an amount taken off a price or tax.
Abatement turns up in weather reports and noise rules, where a storm or a nuisance dies down or is removed. In tax and property law it also names a reduction granted to someone.
How ABATEMENT is used
Used in legal, tax and environmental contexts as well as general formal writing.
- The council ordered the abatement of the smell from the factory.
- There was no abatement of the rain all afternoon.
- The owners applied for a tax abatement on the building.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABATEMENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABATEMENT
1 longer words begin with ABATEMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in ABATEMENT
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Common questions about ABATEMENT
- Is ABATEMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABATEMENT, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABATEMENT worth?
- ABATEMENT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABATEMENT mean?
- A lessening or ending of something unpleasant, or an amount taken off a price or tax.
- What letters can be added to ABATEMENT?
- ABATEMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ABATEMENT:
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