ABIDANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ABIDANCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABIDANCE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABIDANCE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABIDANCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abidancesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABIDANCE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ABIDANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABIDANCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ABIDANCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The act of keeping to a rule or agreement, or the state of staying in one place.
Abidance usually appears in the phrase abidance by the rules, meaning faithful compliance. In older prose it also meant a long stay or dwelling, a sense that survives in poetry.
How ABIDANCE is used
Formal and legal in tone; typically followed by by or in.
- The contract demands strict abidance by the safety code.
- Their abidance in the valley lasted forty years.
- The judge praised the firm for its abidance with the ruling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABIDANCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABIDANCE
1 longer words begin with ABIDANCE.
Shorter words from the letters in ABIDANCE
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Common questions about ABIDANCE
- Is ABIDANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABIDANCE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABIDANCE worth?
- ABIDANCE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABIDANCE mean?
- The act of keeping to a rule or agreement, or the state of staying in one place.
- What letters can be added to ABIDANCE?
- ABIDANCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ABIDANCE:
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