Unscramble ABBREVIATORY to get 312 words. ABBREVIATORY itself is a real word: 22 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ABBREVIATOR leads with 18 points. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ABBREVIATORY split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 3 with 9, 8 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
ABBREVIATOR is the only one of the 11-letter words in ABBREVIATORY; it scores 18 points.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with ABBREVIATORY letters: ARBORVITAE, for 15 points.
Among the 7-letter words made with ABBREVIATORY letters, BRAVERY and BREVITY tie for first at 15 points. VARIETY, ROBBERY and AVIATOR are everyday picks.
OVERBY scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ABBREVIATORY at 14 points, ahead of BATBOY and YABBER on 13. ARRIVE, RABBIT and ROTARY are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from ABBREVIATORY is VIBEY, 13 points; ABBEY and BARBY on 12 follow. ABOVE, RIVER and ARRAY are everyday picks.
BEVY scores highest among the 4-letter words in ABBREVIATORY at 12 points, ahead of BABY on 11 and TIVY on 10. OVER, VERY and BABE are the ones most people know.
IVY tops the 3-letter words made with ABBREVIATORY letters at 9 points; next come ABY and BAY on 8. YET, TRY and BIT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ABBREVIATORY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with AB · ending in RY · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ABBREVIATOR (18 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ABBREVIATORY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the Words With Friends list leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBREVIATORY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 312) | 242 | 312 | 221 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: ABBREVIATORY, OVERBY, VIBEY, AVOYER, BARBY, RIVERY, YABBA, BOVATE, ORBITY, RABBITO, TABBIER, TARBOY and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: YOBBIER, YABBIE, RAVEY, BABIER, BARBIE, BARBOT, BARRY, BAYER, BROEY, AEROBAT, ARIARY, RAVIER and 9 more.