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abbreviate

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Is abbreviate a Scrabble word?

Yes, abbreviate is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 17 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of abbreviate?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To shorten by omitting parts or details.Examples: "But it is one Thing, to Abbreuiate by Contracting, Another by Cutting off: […]"obsoletetransitive

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To speak or write in a brief manner.intransitiveobsolete

3. (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.Examples: "But as delivery schedules have dwindled into hours, even the gigantic warehouse full of stuff in a central place such as the triangle is proving insufficient. Now, companies also need smaller distribution centres around the country, to respond rapidly to orders and to abbreviate the last mile as much as possible."transitive

4. (transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.Examples: "Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is more commonly known by its abbreviated form BSE."; "Alana abbreviated "involuntarily celibate" to "invcel", until someone suggested that "incel" was easier to say."transitive

5. (transitive, mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.Synonyms: simplifytransitive

adj (English)

1. (obsolete, as a participle) Abbreviated.obsolete

2. (obsolete, as a participial adjective) Abbreviated, abridged, shortened.Examples: "The curt form of gent as a less ceremonious substitute for the full expression of ‘gentleman,’ had once made considerable way, but its career was blighted in a court of justice. It is about twenty years ago that two young men, being brought before a London magistrate, described themselves as ‘gents.’ The magistrate said that he considered that a designation little better than ‘blackguard.’ The abbreviate form has never been able to recover that shock."obsolete

3. (biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

noun (English)

1. (obsolete, Scotland) An abridgment.Scotlandobsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "abbreviate"?

Scrabble
17 points
A1
B3
B3
R1
E1
V4
I1
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E1
Words With Friends
20 points
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B4
B4
R1
E1
V4
I1
A1
T1
E1

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