Unscramble ABORIGINE and you have 253 words, ABORIGINE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: BAIGNOIRE. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ABORIGINE split into 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 6 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Among 36 6-letter words from ABORIGINE, the top score is 9, reached by 14. REGION, ORANGE and ORIGIN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ABORIGINE, 21 score 8 points, the group's best. BEING, BRING and BEGIN are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from ABORIGINE; 14 of them share the top score of 7. BORN, BEAR and GAIN are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in ABORIGINE, the top score is 6, reached by 7. BIG, AIR and AGE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of ABORIGINE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with AB · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
What ABORIGINE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ABORIGINE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABORIGINE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 191 | 253 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 253 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BAIGNOIRE, ABORIGEN, ABORIGIN, BREIING, OBIING, ABORNE, BAGIE, BEGAR, BENGA, BIGAE, GARBE, GARBO and 50 more. 14 of the 253 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ROBINIA, BINER, BING, BIOG, BIRO, RABI, AGRO, AREG, BAE, OBA, NEG, ORG and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of ABORIGINE and one more.