ABED is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ABED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABED?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABED is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABED
Front hooks — 1
sabedBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ABED scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ABED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about ABED
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABED mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
In or into bed.
Abed is an older adverb used to describe someone lying or resting in bed, often in the context of illness or sleep. It appears mainly in literary or archaic English rather than everyday speech.
How ABED is used
Mostly found in literary, poetic, or old-fashioned writing rather than casual conversation.
- The sick child stayed abed for most of the week.
- He lay abed late into the morning, unwilling to rise.
- She kept her grandmother abed with warm blankets and soup.
- The old sailor spent his final days abed at home.
- Feverish and weak, he remained abed until the fever broke.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ABED
The 4 tiles of ABED in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in ABED
6 words end in ABED. Useful as a back hook: play ABED onto a word already on the board.
Words with ABED inside
5 words contain ABED in the middle. Words that start with ABED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ABED
Common questions about ABED
- Is ABED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABED, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABED worth?
- ABED is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABED mean?
- In or into bed.
- What letters can be added to ABED?
- ABED takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ABED:
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