ABLATION is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ABLATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABLATION?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABLATION is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABLATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ablationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABLATION scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ABLATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABLATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ABLATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The removal of material from a surface or body by cutting, melting, erosion or evaporation.
Surgeons speak of ablation when they destroy or take out diseased tissue. Glaciologists use it for the loss of ice and snow from a glacier, and engineers for the burning away of a heat shield on re-entry. Each field shares the notion of something being carried away.
How ABLATION is used
Found in medicine, geology and aerospace writing.
- The heat shield protected the capsule through ablation.
- Catheter ablation can correct certain heart rhythm problems.
- Summer ablation lowered the surface of the glacier by a metre.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABLATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABLATION
1 longer words begin with ABLATION.
Shorter words from the letters in ABLATION
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Common questions about ABLATION
- Is ABLATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABLATION, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABLATION worth?
- ABLATION is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABLATION mean?
- The removal of material from a surface or body by cutting, melting, erosion or evaporation.
- What letters can be added to ABLATION?
- ABLATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ABLATION:
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