ABOIL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ABOIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABOIL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABOIL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABOIL
No single letter turns ABOIL into another word.
How ABOIL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ABOIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does ABOIL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Boiling, or in a state of vigorous bubbling motion.
Aboil joins the prefix a- to boil in the same pattern as afire and aglow, producing an adjective for something actively seething, whether literally on a stove or figuratively in a crowd of angry people. Writers reach for aboil when a plain description feels too flat, since the word suggests restless, ongoing agitation rather than any calm condition. The figurative sense, as in a city aboil with rumor, is at least as common today as the literal one describing a pot on a stove.
How ABOIL is used
Literary, used for something visibly boiling or, figuratively, for excited or restless activity.
- The kettle stood aboil on the old stove.
- The whole town seemed aboil with the news.
- Rumors kept the office aboil for most of the afternoon.
- Waves left the harbor aboil after the storm passed.
- Her temper was aboil long before the meeting ended.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABOIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ABOIL
Common questions about ABOIL
- Is ABOIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABOIL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABOIL worth?
- ABOIL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABOIL mean?
- Boiling, or in a state of vigorous bubbling motion.
- What letters can be added to ABOIL?
- No single letter can be added to ABOIL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ABOIL:
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