ABDOMEN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ABDOMEN 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 ABDOMEN?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABDOMEN is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABDOMEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abdomensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABDOMEN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ABDOMEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does ABDOMEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalzoology
The part of the body between the chest and the pelvis that holds the stomach, intestines and other organs.
Doctors use abdomen as the formal word for what people call the belly or stomach area. In insects and spiders it names the hind section of the body behind the thorax, which is why the term appears in biology as well as in medicine.
How ABDOMEN is used
Abdomen is the standard medical term, with abdominal as its adjective, and is also used for the rear body part of insects.
- The nurse pressed gently on his abdomen to find the source of the pain.
- A wasp has a narrow waist and a pointed abdomen.
- She felt a sharp cramp in her lower abdomen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABDOMEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABDOMEN
1 longer words begin with ABDOMEN.
Shorter words from the letters in ABDOMEN
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Common questions about ABDOMEN
- Is ABDOMEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABDOMEN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABDOMEN worth?
- ABDOMEN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABDOMEN mean?
- The part of the body between the chest and the pelvis that holds the stomach, intestines and other organs.
- What letters can be added to ABDOMEN?
- ABDOMEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ABDOMEN:
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