ABILITY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ABILITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABILITY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABILITY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABILITY
Front hooks — 1
labilityBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ABILITY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ABILITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does ABILITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The power or skill to do something.
Ability can describe a general talent, such as a gift for music, or a plain capacity, such as being able to lift a weight. It is also used in the plural for the range of talents someone has, and in legal or business writing for the means to pay.
How ABILITY is used
Ability is usually followed by to plus a verb, or by in plus a field of skill.
- Her ability to stay calm under pressure impressed the whole team.
- The test measures reading ability rather than memory.
- He had no ability for languages but a great ear for rhythm.
- Students of mixed ability were taught in the same class.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABILITY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ABILITY
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Common questions about ABILITY
- Is ABILITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABILITY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABILITY worth?
- ABILITY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABILITY mean?
- The power or skill to do something.
- What letters can be added to ABILITY?
- ABILITY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ABILITY:
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