ABRADANT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ABRADANT 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 ABRADANT?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABRADANT is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABRADANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abradantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABRADANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ABRADANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABRADANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ABRADANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A substance or tool that wears surfaces away by rubbing, such as sand, emery or ground glass.
An abradant does its job by friction, grinding down a surface until it is smooth or clean. Sandpaper grit and polishing powders are everyday examples of an abradant. It can also be used as an adjective for anything with that rubbing quality.
How ABRADANT is used
Abradant is mostly used in industry, dentistry and crafts to name a grinding material.
- Fine emery served as the abradant for polishing the lens.
- Toothpaste contains a mild abradant to remove surface stains.
- The workman chose a coarser abradant for the rusty rail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABRADANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABRADANT
1 longer words begin with ABRADANT.
Shorter words from the letters in ABRADANT
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Common questions about ABRADANT
- Is ABRADANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABRADANT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABRADANT worth?
- ABRADANT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABRADANT mean?
- A substance or tool that wears surfaces away by rubbing, such as sand, emery or ground glass.
- What letters can be added to ABRADANT?
- ABRADANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ABRADANT:
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