ABLAUT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ABLAUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABLAUT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABLAUT is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABLAUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ablautsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABLAUT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ABLAUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does ABLAUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A change in the vowel of a word's root that marks a difference in tense or grammatical form, as in the English sing, sang, sung.
Ablaut is the term linguists use for the vowel shifts running through certain verb families inherited from the earliest stages of the Germanic languages. English keeps many examples in its strong verbs, where the same root vowel changes to show present, past and past participle without adding an ending. The pattern in sing, sang, sung and drive, drove, driven is a textbook case of ablaut.
How ABLAUT is used
A term from historical and comparative linguistics, met mainly in grammar and language study.
- The professor explained ablaut using the verb sing as an example.
- Ablaut accounts for the vowel changes in drive, drove, driven.
- Students studying Germanic languages soon learn to recognise ablaut.
- The dictionary traced the irregular verb pattern back to ablaut.
- Ablaut survives in English mainly among its oldest, strongest verbs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABLAUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ABLAUT
The 6 tiles of ABLAUT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ABLAUT
1 longer words begin with ABLAUT.
Shorter words from the letters in ABLAUT
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Common questions about ABLAUT
- Is ABLAUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABLAUT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABLAUT worth?
- ABLAUT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABLAUT mean?
- A change in the vowel of a word's root that marks a difference in tense or grammatical form, as in the English sing, sang, sung.
- What letters can be added to ABLAUT?
- ABLAUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ABLAUT:
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