ABBREVIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ABBREVIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABBREVIATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABBREVIATE is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABBREVIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABBREVIATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ABBREVIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABBREVIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ABBREVIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make a word, phrase or text shorter by leaving parts out.
People abbreviate to save space or time, for instance by turning a long title into initials. The shortened result is called an abbreviation, and context must make clear what it stands for.
How ABBREVIATE is used
Abbreviate is used for words, names and written text, and sometimes for cutting a visit or speech short.
- Most people abbreviate "doctor" to "Dr" on envelopes.
- You may abbreviate the title if it will not fit on the label.
- The editor asked me to abbreviate the report to two pages.
- We had to abbreviate our trip because of the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABBREVIATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABBREVIATE
2 longer words begin with ABBREVIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ABBREVIATE
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Common questions about ABBREVIATE
- Is ABBREVIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABBREVIATE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABBREVIATE worth?
- ABBREVIATE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABBREVIATE mean?
- To make a word, phrase or text shorter by leaving parts out.
- What letters can be added to ABBREVIATE?
- ABBREVIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ABBREVIATE:
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