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Is abalone a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word abalone is a Scrabble US word. The word abalone is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is abalone a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word abalone is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

ABALONE,

5-letter words (8 found)

ALANE,ALONE,ANOLE,BANAL,BEANO,BELON,NABLA,NOBLE,

4-letter words (37 found)

ABLE,AEON,ALAE,ALAN,ALBA,ALBE,ALOE,ANAL,ANOA,BAAL,BAEL,BALE,BANE,BEAL,BEAN,BLAE,BOLA,BOLE,BONA,BONE,EBON,ELAN,ENOL,EOAN,LANA,LANE,LEAN,LENO,LOAN,LOBE,LONE,NABE,NALA,NEAL,NOEL,NOLE,OLEA,

3-letter words (30 found)

AAL,ABA,ABO,ALA,ALB,ALE,ANA,ANE,BAA,BAE,BAL,BAN,BAO,BEL,BEN,BOA,BON,EAN,EON,LAB,LEA,LOB,NAB,NAE,NEB,NOB,OBA,OBE,OLE,ONE,

2-letter words (19 found)

AA,AB,AE,AL,AN,BA,BE,BO,EA,EL,EN,LA,LO,NA,NE,NO,OB,OE,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 96 words from abalone according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of abalone

abalone

Alternative forms

  • avalone (obsolete)

Etymology

From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”)

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æb.əˈləʊ.ni/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /æb.əˈloʊ.ni/, /ˈæb.əˌloʊ.ni/

Noun

abalone (usually uncountable, plural abalones)

  1. (Canada, US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [from mid-19th c.]
  2. (Canada, US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. [from mid-19th c.]

Synonyms

  • (UK) ear-shell, (Guernsey) ormer, (New Zealand) paua, pawa, (South Africa) perlemoen

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • paua

References

Further reading

  • Abalone in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
  • Abalone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “abalone”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English abalone, borrowed in the mid-20th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ba.lɔn/

Noun

abalone m (plural abalones)

  1. (cooking, uncommon) the abalone

Synonyms

  • (more usual terms for "abalone"): ormeau, haliotis, haliotide, oreille de mer

Further reading

  • “abalone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Malay

Etymology

From English abalone, from American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen (Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [abalone]
  • Rhymes: -ne, -e

Noun

abalone (Jawi spelling ابالوني, plural abalone-abalone)

  1. abalone (edible univalve mollusc)

Source: wiktionary.org