Unscramble ABDICATES and you have 242 words, ABDICATES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ABDICATE leads with 13 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ABDICATES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in ABDICATES: ABDICATE, 13 points.
Among the 6-letter words from ABDICATES, CEBIDS leads with 11 points, then BISECT and CEIBAS on 10. BIASED and CADETS are the familiar ones.
CEBID scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ABDICATES at 10 points, ahead of ABACI and ABACS on 9. BASED, BASIC and BEAST are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with ABDICATES letters; 6 of them share the top score of 8. BEST, BASE and DEBT are everyday picks.
BAC and CAB are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ABDICATES, 7 points each. ACT, BAD and BIT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ABDICATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AB · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of ABDICATES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ABDICATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDICATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 187 | 242 | 172 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
55 of the 242 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACIDEST, BASTIDE, ABACS, BESTAD, CABAS, CADIES, CASTED, DIACTS, ECTASIA, IBADAT, ABAC, ACATES and 43 more. 15 of the 242 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DACITES, CISTED, DACITE, ACAIS, ACAI, BAES, BAE, BES, TEC, DAS, EDS, ATS and 3 more.