Unscramble ABSTAINED to get 287 words. ABSTAINED itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. ABSTAINED has 1 anagram here, BASTINADE, scoring 12 like ABSTAINED itself. The strongest shorter words are BANDIEST and TABANIDS, 11 points each. 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 ABSTAINED by length: 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 25 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
25 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ABSTAINED; 8 of them share the top score of 10. INSTEAD, STAINED and BANDITS are everyday picks.
Among 47 6-letter words from ABSTAINED, the top score is 9, reached by 17. ABSENT, BIASED and BANDIT are the familiar ones.
19 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ABSTAINED tie at 8 points; none scores more. BASED, BANDS and BEAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from ABSTAINED, 16 score 7 points, the group's best. BEST, BASE and BAND are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words in ABSTAINED, the top score is 6, reached by 6. END, BAD and BIT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ABSTAINED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AB · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
ABSTAINED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ABSTAINED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSTAINED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 287) | 224 | 285 | 207 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 63 of them: BASANITE, BASTIDE, BIDENTS, ABANDS, BANTED, BESAINT, BESTAD, BESTAIN, BIDENT, IBADAT, ABAND, AIDANTS and 51 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: BANDIEST, BANDAS, BANDA, NIDATES, SATINED, IDENTS, NIDATE, BAES, SEITAN, BAE, BES, DAN and 5 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: BINTS and BINT.
Each word below uses all the letters of ABSTAINED and one more.