ABULIA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ABULIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABULIA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABULIA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABULIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abuliasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABULIA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ABULIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about ABULIA
- ABULIA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABULIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A pathological lack of willpower or drive that leaves a person unable to make decisions or begin action, even simple ones.
Someone affected by abulia may understand perfectly well what needs to be done yet remain unable to start or choose between options, a state psychiatrists link to certain neurological and mental disorders. It differs from ordinary laziness or indecision because the person genuinely cannot summon the will to act rather than simply choosing not to. Abulia is studied alongside related conditions affecting motivation and initiative.
How ABULIA is used
A clinical term from psychiatry and neurology, not used in ordinary conversation.
- The patient's abulia left him unable to decide even small daily matters.
- Doctors linked her abulia to damage in the frontal lobe.
- Abulia can appear alongside depression or after a stroke.
- The case notes described a gradual onset of abulia over several months.
- Treatment aimed to reduce the abulia and restore some initiative.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABULIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABULIA
1 longer words begin with ABULIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ABULIA
Common questions about ABULIA
- Is ABULIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABULIA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABULIA worth?
- ABULIA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABULIA mean?
- A pathological lack of willpower or drive that leaves a person unable to make decisions or begin action, even simple ones.
- What letters can be added to ABULIA?
- ABULIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ABULIA:
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