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   abut

   /əˈbʌt/

   verb

   • 1. (of a building or an area of land) be next to or have a common boundary with: "gardens abutting Great Prescott Street"
   • ▪ touch or lean on: "masonry may crumble where a roof abuts it"

   Word Origin late Middle English: the sense ‘have a common boundary’ from Anglo-Latin abuttare, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + Old French but ‘end’; the sense ‘lean upon’ (late 16th century) from Old French abouter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + bouter ‘strike, butt’, of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • U

     1

   • T

     1

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