Jumble solved
Is ABILITIES a word? Yes.
ABILITIES is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 11 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 245 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 245
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 5 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 5 vowels (A, I, I, I, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (B, L, T, S).
Anagrams of ABILITIES
One word uses all 9 letters:
- abilities
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
3 words found7-letter words
13 words found6-letter words
18 words found+ 3 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
51 words found+ 36 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
86 words found+ 71 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
53 words found+ 38 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
20 words found+ 5 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside ABILITIES
Without moving a single letter, reading abilities straight through uncovers 3 shorter words — ties, lit, tie. The longest unbroken run is ties.
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Add one letter to ABILITIES
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and abilities opens up 1 10-letter word. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
7
Vowels
56%
A, I, I, I, E
Consonants
44%
B, L, T, S
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Solving ABILITIES: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters abilities?
Rearranging the 9 letters in abilities produces 245 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 9-letter answer abilities here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does abilities have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, abilities rearranges into exactly one word: abilities.
What is the longest word you can make from abilities?
The longest solution is abilities at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from abilities?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: abilities yields abs, ail, ais, ait, alb, ale, als, alt, ate and ats. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from abilities scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, abilities is the top scorer from abilities at 11 points, followed by sibilate (10), tibiales (10) and tibialis (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside abilities?
Read left to right without moving any letters and abilities already contains 3 shorter words: ties, lit and tie. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is ties. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.