abby

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈæb.i/

Definition of abby

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew, also used as a formal given name.
    “"I spose you want to be a cattleboy," drawled the multicolored beard whose name was Carrol Day, a curiously feminine name, thought Martin, not yet acquaintanced with the bearded Marions, Fannys and Abbys of Texas who, saddled by their unthinking mothers with dainty names, built savagely masculine frames of character.”
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name

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew, also used as a formal given name.
    “"I spose you want to be a cattleboy," drawled the multicolored beard whose name was Carrol Day, a curiously feminine name, thought Martin, not yet acquaintanced with the bearded Marions, Fannys and Abbys of Texas who, saddled by their unthinking mothers with dainty names, built savagely masculine frames of character.”
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.

noun

  1. The Abyssinian cat.
  2. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of abbey.

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Etymology

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