ADOBE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ADOBE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADOBE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADOBE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADOBE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
adobesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADOBE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ADOBE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,892.
What does ADOBE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A building material made of sun-dried earth and straw, or a structure built from it.
Adobe has been used for construction for thousands of years in dry climates, where the material stays cool inside despite intense heat outside. Bricks are formed from a mixture of clay, sand, water, and often straw, then left to dry hard in the sun rather than fired in a kiln. Adobe architecture is closely associated with the American Southwest, Mexico, and parts of Africa and the Middle East.
How ADOBE is used
Countable and uncountable noun; used both for the material itself and for a house built from it.
- The village houses were built entirely of adobe.
- Rain can slowly erode an unprotected adobe wall.
- They shaped the wet adobe into bricks and set them to dry.
- The old mission church still stands on its original adobe foundation.
- Thick adobe walls kept the rooms cool through the afternoon heat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADOBE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ADOBE
The 5 tiles of ADOBE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ADOBE
2 longer words begin with ADOBE.
Shorter words from the letters in ADOBE
Common questions about ADOBE
- Is ADOBE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADOBE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADOBE worth?
- ADOBE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADOBE mean?
- A building material made of sun-dried earth and straw, or a structure built from it.
- What letters can be added to ADOBE?
- ADOBE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ADOBE:
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