Jumble solved
Unscramble ABOUT — 28 words
The letters ABOUT rearrange into 1 full anagram and 28 words in total.
- Total words
- 28
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 5 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 2
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (A, O, U) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 2 remaining consonants (B, T).
about in a sentence
“He went out about the third hour.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of ABOUT
One word uses all 5 letters:
- about
5-letter words
1 word found- about7
4-letter words
8 words found- abut6
- auto4
- boat6
- bota6
- bout6
- outa4
- tabu6
- tuba6
3-letter words
12 words found- bat5
- boa5
- bot5
- but5
- oat3
- oba5
- out3
- tab5
- tao3
- tau3
- tub5
- uta3
2-letter words
7 words found- ab4
- at2
- ba4
- bo4
- ta2
- to2
- ut2
Words hidden inside ABOUT
Without moving a single letter, reading about straight through uncovers 2 shorter words — bout, out. The longest unbroken run is bout.
- bout6
- out3
Related jumbles to try
Shorter words inside ABOUT — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to ABOUT
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and about opens up 2 6-letter words. 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).
- about7
- abut6
- boat6
- bota6
- bout6
- tabu6
- tuba6
- bat5
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
5
Distinct
5
Vowels
60%
A, O, U
Consonants
40%
B, T
Solving ABOUT: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters about?
Rearranging the 5 letters in about produces 28 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 5-letter answer about here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does about have any anagrams?
Using all 5 letters, about rearranges into exactly one word: about.
What is the longest word you can make from about?
The longest solution is about at 5 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from about?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: about yields bat, boa, bot, but, oat, oba, out, tab, tao and tau. 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.
How is the word "about" used in a sentence?
About is itself a valid word. For example: "He went out about the third hour." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from about scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, about is the top scorer from about at 7 points, followed by abut (6), boat (6) and bota (6). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside about?
Read left to right without moving any letters and about already contains 2 shorter words: bout and out. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is bout. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.