ABYSM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ABYSM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABYSM?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABYSM is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABYSM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
abysmsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABYSM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ABYSM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does ABYSM mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryarchaic
A bottomless or immeasurably deep gulf or pit; an abyss.
Abysm is an older poetic form standing beside the more common word abyss, and both ultimately describe a depth so vast it seems to have no bottom. Romantic and Victorian poets favoured abysm for its heavier, more dramatic sound when describing the depths of the sea, the earth or despair itself. Modern prose almost always uses abyss instead, so meeting the word abysm today usually signals older or deliberately archaic writing.
How ABYSM is used
Literary and archaic; found in older poetry and dramatic writing rather than in ordinary modern prose.
- The poem describes falling into a dark abysm of despair.
- He pictured the ocean floor as a vast, silent abysm.
- The old translation speaks of an abysm without end.
- Her grief felt like staring into an abysm.
- The play calls the pit beneath the stage the abysm of time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABYSM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABYSM
3 longer words begin with ABYSM.
Shorter words from the letters in ABYSM
Common questions about ABYSM
- Is ABYSM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABYSM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABYSM worth?
- ABYSM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABYSM mean?
- A bottomless or immeasurably deep gulf or pit; an abyss.
- What letters can be added to ABYSM?
- ABYSM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ABYSM:
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