Unscramble ABSTAINER and you have 329 words, ABSTAINER itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. ABSTAINER has 2 anagrams here, ATABRINES and RABATINES, scoring 11 like ABSTAINER itself. The best shorter words score 10: 10 of them, BANISTER, ANTBEARS and ATABRINE included. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ABSTAINER by length: 3 with 9 letters, 16 with 8, 43 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
43 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ABSTAINER; 22 of them share the top score of 9. RETAINS, ARTISAN and ABSTAIN are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from ABSTAINER, the top score is 8, reached by 45. BREAST, ABSENT and TRIBES are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words made with ABSTAINER letters scores 7. BRAIN, BEARS and BEAST are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ABSTAINER come to 60, each scoring 6 points. BEST, BASE and BEAR are the familiar ones.
24 of 60 3-letter words from ABSTAINER tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, ITS and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ABSTAINER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AB · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
What ABSTAINER means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ABSTAINER 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSTAINER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 329) | 250 | 327 | 232 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 79 of them: RABATINES, ATABRINS, ATEBRINS, BASANITE, RABATINE, ARABINS, ARABISE, ATABRIN, ATEBRIN, BARNETS, BARTSIA, BESAINT and 67 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: ATABRINES, ATABRINE, AIRBASE, BARISTA, ARABIS, ARTESIAN, BINERS, SANTERIA, BINER, SANTERA, ARTSIE, BAES and 6 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: BINTS and BINT.
Each word below uses all the letters of ABSTAINER and one more.