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11 Letter Words Starting With AB

There are 146 valid 11 letter words that start with AB, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.

Highest Scoring 11-Letter Words

US Scrabble (NWL)

abastardize - 23 points

UK Scrabble (CSW)

abastardize - 23 points

Words With Friends

abastardize - 24 points

11 Letter Words (146)

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Top 20 Highest-Scoring 11 Letter Words Starting With ab

Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 146 word list is 54.8 combined points.

Rank Word US Scrabble UK Scrabble WWF Points Total
#1 abacination 15 15 19 49
#2 abactinally 18 18 22 58
#3 abalienated 14 14 17 45
#4 abandonable 16 16 21 53
#5 abandonedly 18 18 21 57
#6 abandonment 16 16 21 53
#7 abandonware 17 17 20 54
#8 abarthrosis 16 16 16 48
#9 abarticular 15 15 19 49
#10 abashedness 17 17 18 52
#11 abashlessly 19 19 20 58
🏆 #12 abastardize 23 23 24 70
#13 abbevillian 18 18 24 60
#14 abbreviated 19 19 22 60
#15 abbreviates 18 18 21 57
#16 abbreviator 18 18 21 57
#17 abdications 16 16 19 51
#18 abdominales 16 16 20 52
#19 abdominalia 16 16 20 52
#20 abdominally 19 19 23 61

Where 11 Letter Words Fit on the Board

At 11 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with AB will give you far more flexible options try 11 letter words starting with AB for a more practical middle ground.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the highest-scoring 11 letter word starting with ab?

abastardize — worth 70 combined points (US Scrabble: 23, UK Scrabble: 23, Words With Friends: 24).

How many 11 letter words start with ab?

146 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.

Are 11 letter words realistic to actually play?

Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 11 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter ab words will come up far more often.