Unscramble ABACTORS and you have 225 words, ABACTORS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of ABACTORS is on the page: ACROBATS, each 12 points. ACROBAT and ABACTOR are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ABACTORS split into 2 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 25 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ABACTORS, 8 score 10 points, the group's best. ACTORS, CASTOR and SCARAB are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from ABACTORS; 12 of them share the top score of 9. COAST, COSTA and ACTOR are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from ABACTORS, the top score is 8, reached by 8. COST, CART and CARS are the familiar ones.
BAC, CAB and COB are the top 3-letter words in ABACTORS, 7 points each. CAR, ART and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ABACTORS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AB · ending in RS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ACROBATS (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ABACTORS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABACTORS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 181 | 225 | 163 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABACTORS, ABACTOR, BRASCO, COARBS, ABACS, CABAS, COARB, SCRAB, ABAC, AROBAS, BACS, CABA and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BARCAS, BARCA, ROBATAS, SCROB, BROAST, ROBATA, ACROS, OSCAR, ACRO, CORS, OBAS, SOBA and 6 more, 18 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of ABACTORS plus a single extra one.