Unscramble ABBREVIATED to get 312 words. ABBREVIATED itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ABBREVIATED split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 14 with 8, 32 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in ABBREVIATED: ABBREVIATE, for 17 points.
32 7-letter words from ABBREVIATED; 4 of them share the top score of 12. DEVIATE is an everyday pick.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ABBREVIATED, the top score is 12, reached by 4. DEBATE, RABBIT and BEAVER are the familiar ones.
VIBED tops the 5-letter words from ABBREVIATED at 11 points; next come ABBED and BEVER on 10. DRIVE, BREAD and BRIDE will look familiar.
VERB and VIBE share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words in ABBREVIATED. EVER, DEBT and BIRD are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with ABBREVIATED letters; 6 of them share the top score of 7. ARE, ART and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ABBREVIATED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with AB · ending in ED · all 11-letter words
ABBREVIATED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ABBREVIATED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBREVIATED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 312) | 237 | 312 | 222 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VARTABED, BARBATED, BREVIATE, DEBBIER, EVIRATED, TAIVERED, EBRIATED, TABBIER, TAVERED, TEABREAD, TEBBAD, VERDITE and 63 more, 75 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VERBED, TARDIVE, VIBED, BABIER, BARBIE, BAIDAR, BATARD, BEADER, BEEDI, BIBE, DEVI, VID and 3 more, 15 in all.