ABECEDARIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ABECEDARIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABECEDARIAN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABECEDARIAN is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABECEDARIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abecedariansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABECEDARIAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ABECEDARIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABECEDARIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ABECEDARIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A person who is learning the alphabet or the basics of a subject.
Derived from the first letters a, b, c, d, it labels a beginner. As an adjective it can mean arranged in alphabetical order, as in an abecedarian poem.
How ABECEDARIAN is used
A rare, bookish word for a beginner or something in alphabetical order.
- Every abecedarian struggles with the first lessons.
- The professor treated us as abecedarian students.
- The abecedarian hymn begins each line with a new letter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABECEDARIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABECEDARIAN
1 longer words begin with ABECEDARIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in ABECEDARIAN
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Common questions about ABECEDARIAN
- Is ABECEDARIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABECEDARIAN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABECEDARIAN worth?
- ABECEDARIAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABECEDARIAN mean?
- A person who is learning the alphabet or the basics of a subject.
- What letters can be added to ABECEDARIAN?
- ABECEDARIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ABECEDARIAN:
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