242 words come out when you unscramble ABDICANTS, starting with ABDICANTS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. ABDICANT and CABSTAND are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ABDICANTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 10 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
CABINS tops the 6-letter words from ABDICANTS at 10 points; next come ABANDS and BANDAS on 9. BANDIT and ANTICS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ABDICANTS, the top score is 9, reached by 6. BASIC, STAND and SAINT are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words in ABDICANTS tie at 8 points; none scores more. BAND, DISC and CAST will look familiar.
BAC and CAB share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words made with ABDICANTS letters. CAN, ITS and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ABDICANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AB · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CABSTAND (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ABDICANTS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDICANTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 180 | 240 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 242 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABDICANTS, ABDICANT, ABSCIND, ABACS, ABANDS, CABAS, DIACTS, IBADAT, ABAC, ABAND, AIDANTS, ASCIAN and 50 more. 13 of the 242 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BANCS, BANDAS, BANC, BANDA, CNIDA, TACANS, ACAIS, TACAN, ACAI, DAN, DAS, ATS and 1 more. 2 of the 242 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.