178 words come out when you unscramble ABSTAINS, starting with ABSTAINS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. ABSTAIN and BASANTS are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
BAINSTAS unscrambles to ABSTAINS: these are all the words its letters make.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ABSTAINS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 14 with 6, 43 with 5, 57 with 4, 44 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
43 5-letter words from ABSTAINS; 21 of them share the top score of 7. BASIS, SAINT and BASIN are everyday picks.
25 of 57 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ABSTAINS tie at 6 points; none scores more. ANTI, BASS and BITS will look familiar.
Of the 44 3-letter words made with ABSTAINS letters, 14 score 5 points, the group's best. ITS, BIT and SAT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ABSTAINS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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What ABSTAINS means, then the 5 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ABSTAINS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSTAINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 123 | 176 | 117 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. *Words With Friends' list can change.
55 of the 178 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BASANTS, ABSITS, BAISAS, BANIAS, BASANS, BASANT, BASTIS, ABSIT, BAISA, BANIA, BANTS, BASAN and 43 more. 6 of the 178 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STANS, TIANS, STAN, TIAN, ATS and SAN. 2 of the 178 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.
With one more tile, the letters of ABSTAINS spell the words below.