ABATIS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ABATIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABATIS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABATIS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABATIS
No single letter turns ABATIS into another word.
How ABATIS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ABATIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does ABATIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A defensive barrier built from felled trees, laid so their sharpened branches point outward toward an approaching enemy.
Soldiers built an abatis quickly by cutting down trees along a line and leaving the trunks joined to their stumps or laid across one another, with the branches trimmed to points facing outward. The obstacle slowed infantry and cavalry alike without requiring the time or materials that a proper wall or trench would need. Field manuals from the age of black-powder warfare describe the abatis as a standard expedient defence.
How ABATIS is used
A term from military history and field fortification, rarely met outside that context.
- The defenders felled trees overnight to build an abatis across the road.
- Cavalry could not easily cross the abatis blocking the approach.
- The old fort still had traces of an abatis in front of its walls.
- Engineers were ordered to clear the abatis before the assault began.
- The general praised the abatis for slowing the enemy advance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABATIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABATIS
1 longer words begin with ABATIS.
Shorter words from the letters in ABATIS
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Common questions about ABATIS
- Is ABATIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABATIS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABATIS worth?
- ABATIS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABATIS mean?
- A defensive barrier built from felled trees, laid so their sharpened branches point outward toward an approaching enemy.
- What letters can be added to ABATIS?
- No single letter can be added to ABATIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ABATIS:
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