ABSTRUSITY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ABSTRUSITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABSTRUSITY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABSTRUSITY is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABSTRUSITY
No single letter turns ABSTRUSITY into another word.
How ABSTRUSITY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ABSTRUSITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABSTRUSITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ABSTRUSITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
rareformal
Great difficulty of understanding, or a point that is hard to grasp.
Abstrusity belongs to obscure philosophy, dense law, and advanced mathematics. A critic may complain about the abstrusity of a theory that nobody can follow. It can also refer to one particular puzzling idea.
How ABSTRUSITY is used
A formal, rare noun used of obscure ideas and writing.
- Readers struggled with the abstrusity of the philosopher later works.
- The abstrusity of the contract baffled the new tenants.
- He enjoyed the abstrusity of old logic puzzles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABSTRUSITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ABSTRUSITY
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Common questions about ABSTRUSITY
- Is ABSTRUSITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABSTRUSITY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABSTRUSITY worth?
- ABSTRUSITY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABSTRUSITY mean?
- Great difficulty of understanding, or a point that is hard to grasp.
- What letters can be added to ABSTRUSITY?
- No single letter can be added to ABSTRUSITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ABSTRUSITY:
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