Unscramble ABBREVIATING and you have 352 words, ABBREVIATING itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ABBREVIATING split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 11 with 9, 17 with 8, 58 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 10 letters.
BEARBAITING is the only one of the 11-letter words made with ABBREVIATING letters; it scores 16 points.
8 of 17 8-letter words you get when you unscramble ABBREVIATING tie at 12 points; none scores more. NAVIGATE and RIVETING will look familiar.
BRAVING and VERBING share the top score of 13 among the 7-letter words from ABBREVIATING. VINTAGE, BARGAIN and BEARING are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ABBREVIATING, VIBING leads with 12 points, then EBBING and GABBER on 11. NATIVE, VIRGIN and INVITE are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 5-letter words from ABBREVIATING tie at 10 points; none scores more. BEING, GIVEN and BRING will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in ABBREVIATING, VERB and VIBE tie for first at 9 points. GIVE, GAVE and BABE are everyday picks.
6 of 60 3-letter words made with ABBREVIATING letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. GET, BIG and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ABBREVIATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with AB · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
ABBREVIATING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ABBREVIATING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBREVIATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 352) | 283 | 352 | 262 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 69 of them: BIVARIANT, EVIRATING, RABBINITE, TAIVERING, TAVERING, ABEARING, BRAAIING, REBITING, RIEVING, TABBIER, VERTING, VIBIER and 57 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: VERBING, VIBING, ATABRINE, BABIER, BARBIE, GABBA, RIBBIE, RIBBIT, VIRGAE, AIRBAG, VIGIA, BIBE and 9 more.