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Is abeam a Scrabble word?

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

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Is abeam a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word abeam is a Words With Friends word. The word abeam is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

ABEAM,AMEBA,

4-letter words (3 found)

BEAM,BEMA,MABE,

3-letter words (8 found)

ABA,AMA,AME,BAA,BAE,BAM,MAA,MAE,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AB,AE,AM,BA,BE,EA,EM,MA,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 24 words from abeam according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of abeam

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Definitions and meaning of abeam

abeam

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ə.ˈbiːm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ə.ˈbim/
  • Rhymes: -iːm

Etymology 1

a- (“in the direction of”) +‎ beam (“keel”)

Adverb

abeam (comparative more abeam, superlative most abeam)

  1. (nautical, aircraft) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative. [Mid 19th century.]
  2. (nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft. [Mid 19th century.]
Translations
See also
  • athwartships

Adjective

abeam (comparative more abeam, superlative most abeam)

  1. (nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft. [Mid 19th century.]
    The island was directly abeam of us.

Preposition

abeam

  1. (nautical) Alongside. [Mid 19th century.]
    She came abeam the crippled ship.

Etymology 2

a- +‎ beam (“to emit beams of light”)

Adjective

abeam (not comparable)

  1. Beaming, shining (especially with reference to a person's face or eyes).
    • 1876, William Davidson, Sermons on the Parables, Cincinnati: Western Tract Society, Sermon 1, p. 41,[4]
      […] the hearts of the saints [will] be all attention and their faces all abeam for the consolation;

References

Anagrams

  • Ambae, ameba

Latin

Verb

abeam

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of abeō

Source: wiktionary.org