Unscramble ABORIGINAL and you have 281 words, ABORIGINAL itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ABORIGINAL by length: 1 with 10 letters, 7 with 8, 17 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 9 letters.
18 of 53 6-letter words from ABORIGINAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. ORIGIN, ANALOG and BORING will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ABORIGINAL, 11 score 8 points, the group's best. AGAIN, ALONG and BRING are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from ABORIGINAL; 15 of them share the top score of 7. BLOG, GIRL and BORN are everyday picks.
6 of 60 3-letter words in ABORIGINAL tie at 6 points; none scores more. BIG, AIR and LOG will look familiar.
These 2 words have the length of ABORIGINAL, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with AB · ending in AL · all 10-letter words
ABORIGINAL first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ABORIGINAL works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABORIGINAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 281) | 220 | 281 | 202 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
61 of the 281 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABORIGIN, BRAAIING, ABLING, BILING, LOBING, OBIING, ARABIN, BILIAN, GARBO, GIBLI, GLAIRIN, GLOBI and 49 more. 18 of the 281 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AIRBAG, BROLGA, ROBINIA, BLING, LARIGAN, BING, BIOG, BLAG, BLOG, LAOGAI, ANGLO, BIRO and 6 more.
This word takes every letter of ABORIGINAL plus a single extra one.