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abaft

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Is abaft a Scrabble word?

Yes, abaft is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of abaft?

Definition

prep (English)

1. (nautical) Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.Examples: "The captain stood abaft the wheelhouse."; "[…] two drunken Turkes, that were in the Frigot with twelue others, discharged two Calieuers, with which they killed two Souldiours, that stood abaft our Gally."; "1773, James Cook, An Account of a Voyage Around the World, Book 3, Chapter 5, in John Hawkesworth (ed.), An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty: for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume 3, p. 558, […] we could hear the water rush in a little abaft the foremast, about three feet from the keel: this determined me to clear the hold intirely."Synonyms: abaft of

adv (English)

1. (nautical) On the aft side; in the stern.Examples: "We drifted with the wind abaft."; "The mate sleeps abaft."; "The Exchange also being farther from the fire, afterward was more easily cleared, and fell off from abaft."

2. (nautical, obsolete) Backwards.obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "abaft"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "abaft"?

Scrabble
10 points
A1
B3
A1
F4
T1
Words With Friends
11 points
A1
B4
A1
F4
T1

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