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ABANDON

7 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ABANDON Means

  1. verb: forsake, leave behind“We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot”
  2. verb: give up with the intent of never claiming again“Abandon your life to God”
  3. noun: the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry“she danced with abandon”
  4. noun: a feeling of extreme emotional intensity“the wildness of his anger”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ABANDON is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 B3 A1 N1 D2 O1 N1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In ABANDON

52 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.

5 letter words (3)

4 letter words (14)

3 letter words (22)

2 letter words (13)

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