ALBATROSS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ALBATROSS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALBATROSS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALBATROSS is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALBATROSS
No single letter turns ALBATROSS into another word.
How ALBATROSS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ALBATROSS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALBATROSS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALBATROSS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A very large seabird with long narrow wings that glides over the oceans.
An albatross can stay aloft for hours without flapping, riding the wind far from land. In literature it also stands for a burden that weighs on someone, after a famous poem about a sailor and a dead bird. In golf the word names a score of three under par on a hole.
How ALBATROSS is used
Used for the bird, and figuratively for a burden, as in an albatross around his neck.
- An albatross followed the ship for days.
- The failed project became an albatross around her neck.
- He holed his second shot for an albatross.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALBATROSS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALBATROSS
1 longer words begin with ALBATROSS.
Shorter words from the letters in ALBATROSS
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Common questions about ALBATROSS
- Is ALBATROSS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALBATROSS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALBATROSS worth?
- ALBATROSS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALBATROSS mean?
- A very large seabird with long narrow wings that glides over the oceans.
- What letters can be added to ALBATROSS?
- No single letter can be added to ALBATROSS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ALBATROSS:
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