AUTOMOBILE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. AUTOMOBILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTOMOBILE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTOMOBILE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTOMOBILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUTOMOBILE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AUTOMOBILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTOMOBILE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about AUTOMOBILE
- AUTOMOBILE contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AUTOMOBILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A road vehicle with four wheels, driven by an engine and built to carry a small number of people.
Automobile is the formal word for what most people simply call a car. The automobile reshaped cities, jobs and holidays during the twentieth century, and the word still appears in industry names and laws.
How AUTOMOBILE is used
More formal than car; common in American English, in industry and in legal texts.
- Henry Ford made the automobile affordable for ordinary families.
- The automobile industry employs millions of workers.
- An automobile insurance policy covers damage and theft.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTOMOBILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUTOMOBILE
2 longer words begin with AUTOMOBILE.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTOMOBILE
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Common questions about AUTOMOBILE
- Is AUTOMOBILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTOMOBILE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTOMOBILE worth?
- AUTOMOBILE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTOMOBILE mean?
- A road vehicle with four wheels, driven by an engine and built to carry a small number of people.
- What letters can be added to AUTOMOBILE?
- AUTOMOBILE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AUTOMOBILE:
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