Is ABORIGINES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ABORIGINES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ABORIGINES mean?
Aborigines is a form of ABORIGINE.
- noun
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
“the art of the natives of the northwest coast”
- noun
a member of the people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
10
Letters
A (1) + B (3) + O (1) + R (1) + I (1) + G (2) + I (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 13 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for ABORIGINES
ABORIGINES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from ABORIGINES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- aborigine12
- ibogaines12
- bearings11
- begonias11
- begroans11
- braising11
- ibogaine11
- rebasing11
- sabering11
- sobering11
- baronies10
- binaries10
- brionies10
- robinias10
- searobin10
- bagnios10
- bangers10
- barongs10
- bearing10
- begonia10
- begroan10
- biasing10
- bingers10
- bingoes10
- biogens10
- borages10
- borings10
- brogans10
- gabions10
- grabens10
- nosebag10
- sabeing10
- sabring10
- sorbing10
- organise9
- seignior9
- boranes9
- brinies9
- isobare9
- robinia9
- bagnio9
- banger9
- barges9
- baring9
- barong9
- basing9
- begins9
- beings9
- binger9
- binges9
- bingos9
- biogas9
- biogen9
- bogans9
- bogies9
- boings9
- borage9
- boring9
- brings9
- brogan9
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