What ABBREVIATE Means
- verb: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements“The manuscript must be shortened”
- verb: shorten“Abbreviate ‘New York’ and write ‘NY’”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ABBREVIATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 B3 B3 R1 E1 V4 I1 A1 T1 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In ABBREVIATE
223 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
8 letter words (1)
7 letter words (6)
6 letter words (21)
ABATERAERATEAVIATEBABIERBAITERBARBETBARBIEBARITEBEATERBEAVERBERATEBREVETBRIBEERABBETRABBITREBAITREBATEREBITETAIVERTERBIAVERITE
5 letter words (52)
AARTIABATEABEARAERIEAIVERAREAEARETEATRIAAVERTBARBEBEAREBERETBEVERBITERBRAAIBRAVABRAVEBRAVIBREVEBRIBEEATEREBBETERBIAEVERTEVITEIRATERABATRABBIRAITAREATAREATEREAVEREBBEREBITREIVERETIARETIEREVETREVIERIATARIEVERIVETTABERTAIRATAVERTERAITIARATRAVETRIBEVAIREVARIAVITAE
4 letter words (71)
ABBAABBEABETABRIAIRTARBAAREAARETARIAARTIAVERBABABABEBAITBARBBAREBATEBEARBEATBEERBEETBEREBETABETEBIERBITEBRAEBRATBREEBREIBRIEBRITEAVEEREVEVEREVETRABIRAIARAITRATARATERAVERETERIBARITERIVARIVETABITARATARETAVATEARTEERTIARTIERTIRETREETRIEVAIRVARAVAREVEERVERAVERBVERTVIAEVIBEVIERVIREVITAVITE
3 letter words (54)
ABAABBAIAAIRAITARBAREARTATEAVAAVEBAABARBATBEEBETBIBBITBRAEAREATEBBERAEREETAEVEIREITARAIRATRAVREBREEREIRETREVRIARIBRITTABTAETAITARTAVTEATEETIEVAEVARVATVEEVETVIAVIE
2 letter words (18)
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