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Is ablaze a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ablaze is a Scrabble US word. The word ablaze is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is ablaze a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ablaze is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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Yes. The word ablaze is a Words With Friends word. The word ablaze is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

ABLAZE,

5-letter words (1 found)

BLAZE,

4-letter words (11 found)

ABLE,ALAE,ALBA,ALBE,BAAL,BAEL,BALE,BEAL,BLAE,LAZE,ZEAL,

3-letter words (15 found)

AAL,ABA,ALA,ALB,ALE,BAA,BAE,BAL,BEL,BEZ,LAB,LEA,LEZ,ZEA,ZEL,

2-letter words (11 found)

AA,AB,AE,AL,BA,BE,EA,EL,LA,ZA,ZE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from ablaze according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ablaze

ablaze

Etymology

a- (“on, in”) +‎ blaze (“flame”)

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbleɪz/
  • Rhymes: -eɪz

Adjective

ablaze (comparative more ablaze, superlative most ablaze)

  1. Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire. [18th century.]
    • 1791, The Bee, Volume 4, Short Chronicle of Events, 27 July, 1791, p. v,[1]
      On entering the walls which surround the house, then all ablaze, a most dreadful conflict took place […]
    • 1932, Pearl S. Buck, Sons, Wakefield, RI: Moyer Bell, 1992, Chapter 13, pp. 128-129,[3]
      So Wang and Tiger’s men rushed into such houses as were not too ablaze and they began to drag out booty of silken pieces and yards of cloth and garments and anything they could carry.
  2. Radiant with bright light and color. [18th century.]
  3. In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion. [17th century.]
    • c. 1680, uncredited translator, An Essay upon the Action of an Orator by Michel Le Faucheur, London: Nicholas Cox, pp. 184-185,[7]
      And this Fire of your Eyes easily strikes those of your Auditors, who have theirs constantly fixt upon yours; and it must needs set them a-blaze too upon the same Resentment and Passion.

Synonyms

  • (all senses) afire, aflame

Derived terms

  • set the world ablaze

Translations

Adverb

ablaze (comparative more ablaze, superlative most ablaze)

  1. On fire; in a blaze. [Early 19th century.]
  2. Lit up brightly and with color, gleaming.
  3. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.

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Source: wiktionary.org