ABOLISH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ABOLISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABOLISH?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABOLISH is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABOLISH
No single letter turns ABOLISH into another word.
How ABOLISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ABOLISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does ABOLISH mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To officially bring an end to a law, system or custom.
Abolish suggests a decisive act by a parliament, court or ruler rather than a slow fading away. Famous uses concern slavery, capital punishment and old taxes, and the word carries a sense of finality that mere reform does not.
How ABOLISH is used
Abolish takes an institution, law or practice as its object and is common in political and historical writing.
- Parliament voted to abolish the old tax.
- The campaign sought to abolish child labour in the factories.
- Few people wanted to abolish the monarchy altogether.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABOLISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABOLISH
8 longer words begin with ABOLISH.
Shorter words from the letters in ABOLISH
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Common questions about ABOLISH
- Is ABOLISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABOLISH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABOLISH worth?
- ABOLISH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABOLISH mean?
- To officially bring an end to a law, system or custom.
- What letters can be added to ABOLISH?
- No single letter can be added to ABOLISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ABOLISH:
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