ABOMA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ABOMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABOMA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABOMA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABOMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abomasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABOMA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ABOMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What stands out about ABOMA
- ABOMA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABOMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
Any of several large constricting snakes of tropical South America, closely related to the boa constrictor.
An aboma kills its prey the same way its close relative the boa constrictor does, coiling tightly around the animal and squeezing until it can no longer breathe, rather than relying on venom. Early naturalists exploring South American forests used aboma loosely for several large boa-like snakes they encountered, and the name has never referred to one single, precisely defined species in the way that more modern zoological names do. Local hunters and traders sometimes distinguished the aboma from other boas by its heavier build and duller coloring, though the distinction was never a strict scientific one. Today the word survives mainly in older natural history writing and in some regional usage rather than in current formal taxonomy.
How ABOMA is used
A zoological term, met mainly in older natural history writing and regional South American usage for a large boa-like constricting snake.
- The naturalist described an aboma coiled around a low branch.
- Local hunters warned the travellers about a large aboma near the river.
- The aboma tightened its grip until the small mammal stopped struggling.
- Early explorers confused the aboma with several other South American boas.
- A museum specimen labelled simply aboma puzzled later zoologists.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABOMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABOMA
6 longer words begin with ABOMA.
Shorter words from the letters in ABOMA
Common questions about ABOMA
- Is ABOMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABOMA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABOMA worth?
- ABOMA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABOMA mean?
- Any of several large constricting snakes of tropical South America, closely related to the boa constrictor.
- What letters can be added to ABOMA?
- ABOMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ABOMA:
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