ABDUCT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ABDUCT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABDUCT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABDUCT is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABDUCT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abductsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABDUCT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ABDUCT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does ABDUCT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To take a person away by force or trickery against their will.
Abduct is the usual verb for kidnapping, whether the victim is a child, a witness or a passenger, and it is the verb that police reports and news stories reach for. In anatomy it has a second sense, to pull a limb away from the midline of the body, and is the opposite of adduct. The word is built from Latin roots meaning to lead away.
How ABDUCT is used
Common in news, legal and crime writing; the anatomical sense is technical.
- Police believe the men planned to abduct the businessman on his way home.
- In the story, aliens abduct a farmer from his field.
- The muscle helps abduct the thumb from the palm.
- Nobody saw the van that tried to abduct her.
- The film opens when a gang abduct a famous singer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABDUCT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABDUCT
10 longer words begin with ABDUCT.
Shorter words from the letters in ABDUCT
Common questions about ABDUCT
- Is ABDUCT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABDUCT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABDUCT worth?
- ABDUCT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABDUCT mean?
- To take a person away by force or trickery against their will.
- What letters can be added to ABDUCT?
- ABDUCT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ABDUCT:
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