ABBEY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ABBEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABBEY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABBEY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABBEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abbeysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABBEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ABBEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What stands out about ABBEY
- The letters of ABBEY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABBEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A building or group of buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns, or a church that once belonged to such a community.
An abbey historically housed a self-contained religious community with its own church, living quarters, gardens and workshops, governed by an abbot or abbess. Many English abbeys were closed during the dissolution of the monasteries and later became parish churches, ruins or the core of grand country houses, which is why the word still appears in place names today. In modern use, abbey can refer either to an active religious community or to a historic building that simply carries the name.
How ABBEY is used
Common in historical, architectural and place-name contexts, referring to either an active monastic community or a former one.
- The tour included a visit to the ruined abbey on the hill.
- Monks have lived at the abbey since the twelfth century.
- The wedding was held in the old abbey church.
- Their house was built from stone taken from the dissolved abbey.
- The abbey library holds several rare medieval manuscripts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABBEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABBEY
1 longer words begin with ABBEY.
Shorter words from the letters in ABBEY
Common questions about ABBEY
- Is ABBEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABBEY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABBEY worth?
- ABBEY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABBEY mean?
- A building or group of buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns, or a church that once belonged to such a community.
- What letters can be added to ABBEY?
- ABBEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ABBEY:
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