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12 Letter Words Starting With AB

There are 83 valid 12 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 12-Letter Words

US Scrabble (NWL)

abbroachment - 23 points

UK Scrabble (CSW)

abbroachment - 23 points

Words With Friends

abbroachment - 27 points

12 Letter Words (83)

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Top 20 Highest-Scoring 12 Letter Words Starting With ab

Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 83 word list is 57.9 combined points.

Rank Word US Scrabble UK Scrabble WWF Points Total
#1 abalienating 15 15 20 50
#2 abalienation 14 14 18 46
#3 abandonments 17 17 22 56
#4 abandonwares 18 18 21 57
#5 abbotnullius 16 16 23 55
#6 abbreviately 22 22 25 69
#7 abbreviating 20 20 25 65
#8 abbreviation 19 19 23 61
#9 abbreviators 19 19 22 60
#10 abbreviatory 22 22 24 68
#11 abbreviature 19 19 23 61
🏆 #12 abbroachment 23 23 27 73
#13 abdominalian 17 17 22 56
#14 abecedarians 17 17 20 54
#15 abencerrages 17 17 21 55
#16 aberrational 14 14 17 45
#17 abevacuation 19 19 24 62
#18 abhorrencies 19 19 21 59
#19 abiogenesist 15 15 18 48
#20 abiotrophies 19 19 20 58

Where 12 Letter Words Fit on the Board

At 12 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 12 letter words starting with AB for a more practical middle ground.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the highest-scoring 12 letter word starting with ab?

abbroachment — worth 73 combined points (US Scrabble: 23, UK Scrabble: 23, Words With Friends: 27).

How many 12 letter words start with ab?

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

Are 12 letter words realistic to actually play?

Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 12 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter ab words will come up far more often.