Aborts
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts6 letters
Definition of Aborts
noun
- A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
- The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
- An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
"We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches."
- The function used to abort a process.
- An event involving the abort of a process.
"We've had three aborts over the last two days."
verb
- (now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
- To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
- To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
- To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
- To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
Anagrams of Aborts
Letter Values
a1
b3
o1
r1
t1
s1
Total: 8 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Aborts
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Aborts"
Aborts is a 6-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "aborts" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.
Using "Aborts" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "aborts" is a low-scoring word.