LAUDABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. LAUDABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAUDABLE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAUDABLE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAUDABLE
No single letter turns LAUDABLE into another word.
How LAUDABLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LAUDABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LAUDABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LAUDABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Deserving praise and admiration, as an aim, action or effort.
A laudable goal is one that people can respect even when it falls short. In older medical language the word also described healthy matter in a wound, which is why a doctor might once call pus laudable.
How LAUDABLE is used
Laudable usually modifies words such as aim, effort, goal or intention.
- Her laudable efforts raised money for the clinic.
- The aim was laudable, though the plan was weak.
- It is laudable to admit a mistake openly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAUDABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAUDABLE
2 longer words begin with LAUDABLE.
Shorter words from the letters in LAUDABLE
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Common questions about LAUDABLE
- Is LAUDABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAUDABLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAUDABLE worth?
- LAUDABLE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAUDABLE mean?
- Deserving praise and admiration, as an aim, action or effort.
- What letters can be added to LAUDABLE?
- No single letter can be added to LAUDABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LAUDABLE:
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