ABYSSAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ABYSSAL 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 ABYSSAL?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABYSSAL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABYSSAL
No single letter turns ABYSSAL into another word.
How ABYSSAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ABYSSAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What does ABYSSAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Belonging to the deepest parts of the ocean, or so deep as to seem bottomless.
Oceanographers speak of the abyssal plain, the vast flat seabed lying thousands of metres down, where sunlight never reaches. Writers borrow abyssal for any depth or gloom that seems to have no floor.
How ABYSSAL is used
Abyssal is used in marine science and in figurative descriptions of enormous depth.
- Strange pale fish live on the abyssal plain.
- An abyssal darkness filled the cave.
- The abyssal zone is cold, silent and under immense pressure.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABYSSAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ABYSSAL
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Common questions about ABYSSAL
- Is ABYSSAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABYSSAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABYSSAL worth?
- ABYSSAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABYSSAL mean?
- Belonging to the deepest parts of the ocean, or so deep as to seem bottomless.
- What letters can be added to ABYSSAL?
- No single letter can be added to ABYSSAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ABYSSAL:
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