ABRI is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ABRI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABRI?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABRI is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABRI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABRI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ABRI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,034.
What stands out about ABRI
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABRI mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A shelter or dugout, especially one built to protect soldiers from bombardment.
Abri is a French loanword meaning shelter, taken into English mainly through accounts of the First World War, where an abri was a covered dugout that gave troops protection from shelling. Archaeologists also use the same word for a rock shelter, a hollow beneath an overhanging cliff used by early humans.
How ABRI is used
Met chiefly in wartime memoirs, histories, and archaeological writing.
- The soldiers crowded into the abri as the shelling began.
- Photographs from the front line show a muddy abri cut into the hillside.
- The archaeologist mapped an ancient abri beneath the cliff face.
- Officers kept their maps and papers dry inside the abri.
- A narrow trench led down to the entrance of the abri.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABRI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ABRI
The 4 tiles of ABRI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ABRI
18 longer words begin with ABRI.
Words with ABRI inside
Showing 24 of 51 words that contain ABRI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ABRI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ABRI
Common questions about ABRI
- Is ABRI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABRI, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABRI worth?
- ABRI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABRI mean?
- A shelter or dugout, especially one built to protect soldiers from bombardment.
- What letters can be added to ABRI?
- ABRI takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ABRI:
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