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Is abs a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word abs is a Scrabble US word. The word abs is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

A1B3S1

Is abs a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word abs is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

A1B3S1

Is abs a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word abs is a Words With Friends word. The word abs is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1B4S1

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3-letter words (3 found)

ABS,BAS,SAB,

2-letter words (3 found)

AB,AS,BA,

You can make 6 words from abs according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of abs

abs

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Ambonese.

Symbol

abs

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ambonese Malay.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Ambonese Malay terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æbz/
  • Rhymes: -æbz

Adjective

abs

  1. Abbreviation of abstract.

Noun

abs

  1. (informal) The abdominal muscles. plural of ab [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
  2. Acronym of absolute temperature.
  3. (mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.

Usage notes

(abdominal muscles): The singular ab is rarely used.

Synonyms

  • abdominal muscles
  • abdominals

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

abs

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ab

References

Anagrams

  • B.A.'s, BAs, SBA, sab, sab., B. A. S., Bas, BAS, Sab., SAB, bas, ASB, B.A.S., BSA, B.A.s

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aps, variant of *ap (see ab). Compare Ancient Greek ἄψ (áps, “back again; in return”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaps]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈabs]

Preposition

abs (+ ablative)

  1. (Old Latin) alternative form of ab

Usage notes

  • This form is used almost exclusively with the second person singular pronoun (tē) in Old Latin up until the early Classical period as an archaicism, with Cicero hesitating between abs tē and ā tē until the latter won out in the final years of his life. The variant most likely became obsolete at the latest by the end of the Augustan era.

Livonian

Noun

abs

  1. inessive singular of ab

Portuguese

Etymology

Abbreviation of abraços (“hugs”).

Noun

abs m pl (plural only)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) hugs

Interjection

abs

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) used to close an informal message or e-mail, or as a goodbye on text messaging
    Synonym: bjs

Scots

Noun

abs

  1. plural of ab

References

  • “abs, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

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