ABRIDGE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ABRIDGE 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 ABRIDGE?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABRIDGE is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABRIDGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABRIDGE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ABRIDGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,366.
What does ABRIDGE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To shorten a book, speech or other text while keeping its main sense.
Publishers abridge long novels for younger readers or for audio versions, cutting scenes but keeping the plot. In law the verb has a harsher meaning, to cut back a right or freedom, as in a constitutional ban on laws that abridge free speech.
How ABRIDGE is used
Abridge is used for shortening texts and, in formal or legal writing, for curtailing rights.
- The editor agreed to abridge the novel to half its length.
- No law may abridge the freedom of the press.
- They had to abridge the speech because time was short.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABRIDGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ABRIDGE
The 7 tiles of ABRIDGE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ABRIDGE
7 longer words begin with ABRIDGE.
Shorter words from the letters in ABRIDGE
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Common questions about ABRIDGE
- Is ABRIDGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABRIDGE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABRIDGE worth?
- ABRIDGE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABRIDGE mean?
- To shorten a book, speech or other text while keeping its main sense.
- What letters can be added to ABRIDGE?
- ABRIDGE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ABRIDGE:
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