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ABYSSES

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ABYSSES Means

ABYSSES is a form of ABYSS, which means:

  1. noun: a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ABYSSES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 B3 Y4 S1 S1 E1 S1.

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 ABYSSES

68 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 (3)

5 letter words (13)

4 letter words (20)

3 letter words (21)

2 letter words (11)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.