Unscramble ABLETS and you have 156 words, ABLETS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. ABLETS has 7 anagrams here, ABLEST, BASTLE and BLAEST among them, all scoring 8 like ABLETS itself. Among the shorter answers, 24 reach 7 points, TABLE, BEAST and BLAST among them. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ABLETS split into 8 with 6 letters, 36 with 5, 59 with 4, 38 with 3 and 15 with 2.
24 of 36 5-letter words made with ABLETS letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. TABLE, LEAST and BEAST will look familiar.
Of the 59 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ABLETS, 28 score 6 points, the group's best. LAST, BEST and SALE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ABLETS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with AB · ending in TS · all 6-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ABLEST, BLEATS, STABLE and TABLES (8 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ABLETS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABLETS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 156) | 135 | 156 | 125 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 21 of them: ABLETS, BASTLE, BLAEST, BLATES, ABLET, BAELS, BESAT, BLAES, ALBE, BAEL, SLEB, LEATS and 9 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: BEALS, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
These 12 words take every letter of ABLETS plus a single extra one.