What ABRIDGES Means
ABRIDGES is a form of ABRIDGE, which means:
- verb: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements“The manuscript must be shortened”
- verb: lessen, diminish, or curtail“the new law might abridge our freedom of expression”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ABRIDGES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 B3 R1 I1 D2 G2 E1 S1.
Anagrams of ABRIDGES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In ABRIDGES
421 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.
7 letter words (12)
6 letter words (52)
ABIDERABIDESAGRISEAIDERSARDEBSBADGERBADGESBAGIESBARDESBARDIEBARGEDBARGESBEARDSBEGARSBEGIRDBIASEDBIDERSBRAIDEBRAIDSBRAISEBREADSBREIDSBRIDESBRIDGEDEAIRSDEBAGSDEBARSDEBRISDEGRASDERIGSDIRGESDISBARERBIASGABIESGARBEDGARBESGIBERSGRADESGRIDESGRISEDIRADESRABIESRADGESRAISEDREBIDSREDIASRESAIDRIDGESSABREDSAGIERSAIREDSERDAB
5 letter words (115)
ABIDEABIESABRISAEGISAESIRAGERSAIDERAIDESAIREDARDEBARISEASIDEBADGEBAGIEBARDEBARDSBAREDBARESBARGEBASEDBASERBEADSBEARDBEARSBEGADBEGARBERGSBIDERBIDESBIERSBIGAEBIRDSBIRSEBRADSBRAESBRAGSBRAIDBREADBREDSBREIDBREISBRIDEBRIESBRIGSBRISEDARBSDARESDARGSDARISDEAIRDEARSDEBAGDEBARDEGASDERIGDIEBSDIRGEDRABSDRAGSDREGSDRIBSDRIESEARDSEGADSERBIAGADESGADISGAIDSGAIRSGARBEGARBSGARISGEARSGIBEDGIBERGIBESGIRDSGRABSGRADEGRADSGRIDEGRIDSGRISEIDEASIRADERABIDRABISRADGERAGDERAGEDRAGESRAGISRAIDSRAISERASEDREADSREBIDREDIARESIDRIADSRIBASRIBESRIDESRIDGESABEDSABERSABIRSABRESAGERSAREDSARGESEGARSERAISIDERSIRED
4 letter words (140)
ABEDABIDABRIAGEDAGERAGESAIDEAIDSAIRSARBSARDSAREDAREGARESARIDARISBADEBADSBAGSBARDBAREBARSBASEBEADBEARBEDSBEGSBERGBIASBIDEBIDSBIERBIGABIGSBIRDBISEBRADBRAEBRAGBRASBREDBREIBRIEBRIGBRISDABSDAESDAGSDAISDARBDAREDARGDARIDEARDEBSDEGSDESIDIBSDIEBDIESDIGSDIREDISADRABDRAGDREGDRIBEARDEARSEGADEGISERASERGSGABSGADEGADIGADSGAEDGAESGAIDGAIRGARBGAREGARIGARSGEARGEDSGERSGIBEGIBSGIDSGIEDGIESGIRDGRABGRADGRIDGRISIDEAIDESIGADIREDIRESISBARABIRADERADSRAGERAGIRAGSRAIDRAISRASEREADREBSREDSREGSREISRIADRIASRIBARIBSRIDERIDSRIGSRISESABESADESADISAGESAIDSAIRSARDSARISEARSEIRSERASIDASIDESIRE
3 letter words (80)
ABSADSAGEAGSAIDAIRAISARBARDAREARSBADBAGBARBASBEDBEGBESBIDBIGBISBRADABDAEDAGDASDEBDEGDEIDIBDIEDIGDISEAREASEDSERAERGERSGABGADGAEGARGASGEDGERGIBGIDGIEGISIDEIDSIRERADRAGRAIRASREBREDREGREIRESRIARIBRIDRIGSABSADSAESAGSAISARSEASEDSEGSEISERSIBSIRSRI
2 letter words (22)
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