ABUT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ABUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABUT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABUT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABUT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ABUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about ABUT
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 ABUT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To border on or touch along an edge; to be next to something else.
When one piece of land, building, or object abuts another, they meet directly at a shared edge with no gap between them. The word is used mostly of property, structures, and geographic features that lie right next to each other.
How ABUT is used
Common in legal, architectural, and geographic descriptions of boundaries.
- The garden fence abuts the neighbor's driveway.
- The new office block will abut the old railway station.
- Their farmland abuts a wide, slow river.
- The bridge was built where the two roads abut each other.
- His property abuts the edge of the forest reserve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ABUT
The 4 tiles of ABUT in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ABUT
11 longer words begin with ABUT.
Shorter words from the letters in ABUT
Common questions about ABUT
- Is ABUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABUT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABUT worth?
- ABUT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABUT mean?
- To border on or touch along an edge; to be next to something else.
- What letters can be added to ABUT?
- ABUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ABUT:
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