ABLOW is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. ABLOW is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ABLOW?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABLOW is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABLOW
No single letter turns ABLOW into another word.
How ABLOW scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ABLOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What stands out about ABLOW
- The letters of ABLOW run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABLOW mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicpoetic
In bloom or blossom, said of flowers or flowering plants.
Ablow follows the same pattern as afloat or ablaze, joining the prefix a- to a verb to describe a state something is currently in, here the state of being open in flower. A field described as ablow is covered in blossoms at that moment, and the word lingers today mostly in older descriptions of gardens and countryside.
How ABLOW is used
Archaic and poetic; found in older nature writing rather than in ordinary modern speech.
- The orchard stood ablow with white petals in early spring.
- Every hedgerow was ablow by the middle of May.
- The poet describes a meadow ablow with cowslips and violets.
- By June the roses along the wall were fully ablow.
- Travelers noted the hillside ablow with gorse in the old journal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABLOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ABLOW
Common questions about ABLOW
- Is ABLOW valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ABLOW is not in it.
- How many points is ABLOW worth?
- ABLOW is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABLOW mean?
- In bloom or blossom, said of flowers or flowering plants.
- What letters can be added to ABLOW?
- No single letter can be added to ABLOW to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ABLOW:
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