What ABOUT Means
- adverb: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct“lasted approximately an hour”
- adverb: all around or on all sides“dirty clothes lying around (or about)”
- adjective: on the move“up and about”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ABOUT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 B3 O1 U1 T1.
Words Made From The Letters In ABOUT
30 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.
4 letter words (8)
3 letter words (13)
2 letter words (9)
Longer Words Containing ABOUT
ABOUT appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.