What ABLATES Means
ABLATES is a form of ABLATE, which means:
- verb: wear away through erosion or vaporization
- verb: remove an organ or bodily structure
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ABLATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 B3 L1 A1 T1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of ABLATES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In ABLATES
187 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.
6 letter words (12)
5 letter words (50)
4 letter words (66)
3 letter words (43)
2 letter words (16)
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