ABELIA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ABELIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABELIA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABELIA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABELIA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABELIA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ABELIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about ABELIA
- ABELIA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABELIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
Any of a group of evergreen or deciduous shrubs from Asia and Mexico, grown for their small pink or white tubular flowers.
Gardeners plant abelia along borders and hedges for its arching branches and long flowering season, which often runs from summer well into autumn. The shrub belongs to the honeysuckle family and takes its name from the British naturalist Clarke Abel, who collected plant specimens in China. Several cultivated varieties are sold under the same name for their glossy leaves as much as their flowers.
How ABELIA is used
A standard name in gardening and horticulture for this ornamental shrub.
- They planted an abelia hedge along the garden path.
- The abelia was still flowering late into October.
- Bees visited the small white blooms of the abelia all summer.
- The nursery sold three varieties of abelia for hedging.
- Pruning the abelia after flowering kept its shape neat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABELIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABELIA
2 longer words begin with ABELIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ABELIA
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Common questions about ABELIA
- Is ABELIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABELIA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABELIA worth?
- ABELIA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABELIA mean?
- Any of a group of evergreen or deciduous shrubs from Asia and Mexico, grown for their small pink or white tubular flowers.
- What letters can be added to ABELIA?
- ABELIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ABELIA:
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