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Is abound a Scrabble word?

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

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Is abound a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word abound is a Words With Friends word. The word abound is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

ABOUND,

5-letter words (1 found)

BOUND,

4-letter words (16 found)

BAND,BAUD,BONA,BOND,BOUN,BUDA,BUDO,BUNA,BUND,DAUB,DOAB,DONA,DOUN,DUAN,UDON,UNDO,

3-letter words (26 found)

ABO,ADO,AND,BAD,BAN,BAO,BOA,BOD,BON,BUD,BUN,DAB,DAN,DOB,DON,DUB,DUN,DUO,NAB,NOB,NOD,NUB,OBA,ODA,OUD,UDO,

2-letter words (15 found)

AB,AD,AN,BA,BO,DA,DO,NA,NO,NU,OB,OD,ON,OU,UN,

You can make 59 words from abound according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of abound

abound

Etymology

  • First attested around 1325.
  • From Middle English abounden, abounde, from Old French abonder, abunder, from Latin abundāre, present active infinitive of abundō (“overflow”), which comes from ab (“from, down from”) + undō (“surge, swell, rise in waves, move in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbaʊnd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbaʊnd/
  • Rhymes: -aʊnd

Verb

abound (third-person singular simple present abounds, present participle abounding, simple past and past participle abounded)

  1. (intransitive) To be full to overflowing. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be wealthy. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 18th century.]
  3. (intransitive) To be highly productive.
  4. (intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
  5. (intransitive) To revel in. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 18th century.]
  7. (transitive with in or with) To be copiously supplied with.
    • 1858-1860, George Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World
      the wild boar, which abounds both in Azerbijan and in the country about Hamadan

Usage notes

  • This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

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See also

  • bountiful

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Source: wiktionary.org