ABYSMAL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ABYSMAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABYSMAL?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABYSMAL is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABYSMAL
No single letter turns ABYSMAL into another word.
How ABYSMAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ABYSMAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,474 thousand.
What does ABYSMAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Extremely bad, or so deep as to seem bottomless.
In everyday speech abysmal is a strong word of complaint for service, weather or results. The older literal sense, like an abyss, still turns up in descriptions of enormous depth.
How ABYSMAL is used
Abysmal is common in reviews and complaints, and in more formal writing about great depth.
- The hotel offered abysmal service all weekend.
- Their abysmal record cost the coach his job.
- Explorers stared into the abysmal darkness of the cave.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABYSMAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ABYSMAL
The 7 tiles of ABYSMAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ABYSMAL
1 longer words begin with ABYSMAL.
Shorter words from the letters in ABYSMAL
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Common questions about ABYSMAL
- Is ABYSMAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABYSMAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABYSMAL worth?
- ABYSMAL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABYSMAL mean?
- Extremely bad, or so deep as to seem bottomless.
- What letters can be added to ABYSMAL?
- No single letter can be added to ABYSMAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ABYSMAL:
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