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Is abroad a Scrabble word?

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

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Is abroad a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is abroad a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word abroad is a Words With Friends word. The word abroad is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

ABOARD,ABROAD,

5-letter words (7 found)

ABORD,AROBA,BARDO,BOARD,BROAD,DOBRA,DORBA,

4-letter words (13 found)

ARBA,BARD,BOAR,BORA,BORD,BRAD,BROD,DARB,DOAB,DORB,DRAB,ORAD,ROAD,

3-letter words (26 found)

ABA,ABO,ADO,ARB,ARD,BAA,BAD,BAO,BAR,BOA,BOD,BOR,BRA,BRO,DAB,DOB,DOR,OAR,OBA,ODA,ORA,ORB,ORD,RAD,ROB,ROD,

2-letter words (11 found)

AA,AB,AD,AR,BA,BO,DA,DO,OB,OD,OR,

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

Definitions and meaning of abroad

abroad

Alternative forms

  • abrode (obsolete)
  • overbroad (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- +‎ broad.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbɹɔːd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɹɔd/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /əˈbɹɑd/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːd

Adverb

abroad (not comparable)

  1. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. [from 1350–1470]
  2. (dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space. [from 1150–1350]
  4. (dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode. [from 1150–1350)]
  5. (dated) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction. [from late 15th c.]
  6. Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed. [from early 19th c.]
  7. (sports) Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.

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Noun

abroad

  1. (rare, Scotland) Countries or lands abroad. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
    • 1929, King George V, widely (and variously) quoted:
      I hate abroad, abroad’s bloody.
    • 2001 March 13, The Earl of Onslow, speaking in the House of Lords, quoted in Hansard:
      That is not a xenophobic remark. I am a xenophiliac; I love abroad. I love foreigners. I just do not like the way that they are running the European agricultural policy.

Derived terms

  • near abroad

Translations

Preposition

abroad

  1. Throughout, over.

Translations

Adjective

abroad (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard, chiefly non-native speakers' English) International.

References

  • "Now abroad has entered English as a noun" - The New York Times, "ON LANGUAGE; The Near Abroad", William Safire, May 22, 1994, quoting Christian Caryl

Anagrams

  • A board, Baroda, aboard, aborad

Source: wiktionary.org