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Is abaft a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word abaft is a Scrabble US word. The word abaft is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is abaft a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word abaft is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

ABAFT,

4-letter words (1 found)

BAFT,

3-letter words (8 found)

ABA,AFT,BAA,BAT,FAA,FAB,FAT,TAB,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AB,AT,BA,FA,TA,

You can make 16 words from abaft according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of abaft

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Definitions and meaning of abaft

abaft

Etymology

From a- (“on”) + Middle English baft, baften, biaften, Old English beæftan; be (“by”) (modern English by) + æftan (“behind”) (modern English after). See also aft.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbæft/, /əˈbɑːft/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbæft/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːft

Preposition

abaft

  1. (nautical) Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of. [First attested around the late 15th century.]
    Synonym: abaft of
    The captain stood abaft the wheelhouse.
    • 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,[2]
      […] 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.

Translations

Adverb

abaft (comparative more abaft, superlative most abaft)

  1. (nautical) On the aft side; in the stern. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
    We drifted with the wind abaft.
    The mate sleeps abaft.
  2. (nautical, obsolete) Backwards. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 15th century.]

Translations

Related terms

  • aft
  • after

See also

  • astern

References

Anagrams

  • BAFTA, bafta

Source: wiktionary.org