Words by starting letters

Words Starting With ABL

There are 46 words that start with ABL, from 4 letters to 12. The highest scoring is ABLATIVELY at 18 points in Scrabble, and 1 of them carry a J, Q, X or Z.

Words Starting With ABL: What They Mean

The most familiar words on this page and what they mean. Tap any word for its full entry, score and anagrams.

  • ABLY adverb with competence
  • ABLATE verb wear away through erosion or vaporization
  • ABLAUT noun a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song)
  • ABLOOM adjective when the bud, or buds, on a plant are bursting into flower
  • ABLATED adjective made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization
  • ABLATES verb form of ABLATE: wear away through erosion or vaporization
  • ABLAUTS noun form of ABLAUT: a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song)
  • ABLEISM noun discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
  • ABLATING verb form of ABLATE: wear away through erosion or vaporization
  • ABLATION noun surgical removal of a body part or tissue

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby Lists

ABA · ABB · ABD · ABH · ABJ · ABN · ABO · ABR · ABS · ABU · ABY · ACA · ACC · ACE · ACH · ACK · ACQ · ACR · ACT · ACU · ACY · ADA · ADD · ADE

All of them: Words by starting letters.

The wider list: words starting with AB.

Just the five letter ones: 5 letter words starting with A.