ABROACH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ABROACH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABROACH?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABROACH is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABROACH
No single letter turns ABROACH into another word.
How ABROACH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ABROACH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does ABROACH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Of a cask, pierced or tapped so that the liquid inside can flow out.
In older English abroach described a barrel that had been opened, and by extension anything let loose or set going. You will meet abroach mostly in old poems and in dictionaries of lost words.
How ABROACH is used
Abroach is archaic and appears in period writing, usually with the verb set.
- The innkeeper set the cask abroach for the feast.
- With the barrel abroach, the cellar smelled of cider.
- Rumours were soon abroach in the village.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABROACH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ABROACH
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Common questions about ABROACH
- Is ABROACH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABROACH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABROACH worth?
- ABROACH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABROACH mean?
- Of a cask, pierced or tapped so that the liquid inside can flow out.
- What letters can be added to ABROACH?
- No single letter can be added to ABROACH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ABROACH:
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