What ABUSIVE Means
- adjective: characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment“abusive punishment”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ABUSIVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 B3 U1 S1 I1 V4 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In ABUSIVE
71 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 (7)
4 letter words (23)
3 letter words (29)
2 letter words (12)
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