ABEAM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ABEAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABEAM?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABEAM is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABEAM
No single letter turns ABEAM into another word.
How ABEAM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ABEAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does ABEAM mean in Scrabble?
adverb
nautical
At a right angle to the length of a ship or aircraft; directly to the side.
A ship or aircraft that is abeam of an object has that object positioned exactly ninety degrees from its direction of travel, off to one side rather than ahead or behind. Sailors use abeam to give a quick, precise bearing without naming compass points, and pilots borrow the same word when reporting the position of another aircraft or a landmark. The term keeps its narrow nautical sense even when it turns up in ordinary travel writing about ships.
How ABEAM is used
Mainly used in nautical and aviation contexts to describe something positioned directly to the side of a vessel or aircraft.
- The lighthouse stood abeam of the ferry as it rounded the point.
- Another vessel was reported abeam to starboard.
- The pilot noted a storm cell abeam of the aircraft.
- Crew members scanned the sea abeam for signs of the reef.
- The captain ordered a turn once the buoy was abeam.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABEAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ABEAM
The 5 tiles of ABEAM in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ABEAM
Common questions about ABEAM
- Is ABEAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABEAM, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABEAM worth?
- ABEAM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABEAM mean?
- At a right angle to the length of a ship or aircraft; directly to the side.
- What letters can be added to ABEAM?
- No single letter can be added to ABEAM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ABEAM:
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