ABBATIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ABBATIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABBATIAL?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABBATIAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABBATIAL
No single letter turns ABBATIAL into another word.
How ABBATIAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ABBATIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABBATIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ABBATIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Relating to an abbey, an abbot or an abbess.
Abbatial is a formal, church-history word, and it often goes with nouns such as church, lands or rights. It covers the office of the head of a monastery as well as the building itself.
How ABBATIAL is used
Abbatial is used in historical and religious writing about monasteries and their leaders.
- The abbatial church dominated the little town.
- He was granted abbatial rights over the nearby forest.
- The abbatial seal was pressed into soft red wax.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABBATIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ABBATIAL
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Common questions about ABBATIAL
- Is ABBATIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABBATIAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABBATIAL worth?
- ABBATIAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABBATIAL mean?
- Relating to an abbey, an abbot or an abbess.
- What letters can be added to ABBATIAL?
- No single letter can be added to ABBATIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ABBATIAL:
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