ABOIDEAU is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ABOIDEAU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABOIDEAU?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABOIDEAU is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABOIDEAU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABOIDEAU scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ABOIDEAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABOIDEAU has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ABOIDEAU
- ABOIDEAU runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- ABOIDEAU contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABOIDEAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
A sluice gate set in a dike that lets fresh water drain out but keeps the tide from flooding in.
The aboideau is a feature of Acadian farmland in eastern Canada, where reclaimed salt marsh needed protection from the sea. A hinged flap closes as the tide rises and opens as it falls. The spelling with a d is the more common one, while the aboiteau form is rarer.
How ABOIDEAU is used
Aboideau is a regional word from the Maritime provinces of Canada, used for tidal sluices.
- The farmers rebuilt the aboideau after the autumn storm.
- Each aboideau let rainwater out while shutting the sea away.
- An old aboideau of oak planks still guards the marsh.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABOIDEAU and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABOIDEAU
2 longer words begin with ABOIDEAU.
Shorter words from the letters in ABOIDEAU
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Common questions about ABOIDEAU
- Is ABOIDEAU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABOIDEAU, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABOIDEAU worth?
- ABOIDEAU is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABOIDEAU mean?
- A sluice gate set in a dike that lets fresh water drain out but keeps the tide from flooding in.
- What letters can be added to ABOIDEAU?
- ABOIDEAU takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ABOIDEAU:
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