ABB is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. ABB is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ABB?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABB is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ABB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,967.
What does ABB mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In weaving, yarn used for the warp, the lengthwise threads through which the weft is passed.
Weavers distinguish abb, the warp yarn stretched on the loom, from the weft that is woven across it. Cloth quality often depended on how evenly the abb was spun and tensioned.
How ABB is used
Specialist weaving term, rarely used outside textile contexts.
- The weaver checked the abb for any weak threads before starting.
- Uneven abb produced a cloth full of visible flaws.
- Mills bought abb and weft yarn from different spinners.
- Setting up the abb on the loom took the apprentice most of the morning.
- The old manual explains how to wind abb onto the loom beam.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABB
Showing 24 of 31 words that begin with ABB.
Words with ABB inside
Showing 24 of 480 words that contain ABB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ABB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ABB
Common questions about ABB
- Is ABB valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ABB is not in it.
- How many points is ABB worth?
- ABB is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABB mean?
- In weaving, yarn used for the warp, the lengthwise threads through which the weft is passed.
- What letters can be added to ABB?
- ABB takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ABB:
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