| Scrabble Word | Definition |
| abbreviate17 | (obsolete, transitive) To shorten by omitting parts or details. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century.] |
| abhorrence17 | Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.] |
| abominable16 | Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350] |
| absolutive15 | (grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action. |
| absolutize21 | (transitive) To make absolute. [First attested in the mid 20th century.] |
| absorbable16 | Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. |
| absorbance16 | (physics) A logarithmic measure of the amount of light that is absorbed when passing through a substance; the capacity of a substance to absorb light of a given wavelength; optical density. [First attested in the mid 20th century.] |
| absorptive17 | Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. [First attested in the mid 17th century.] |
| abstinence14 | The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.] |
| Scrabble Word | Definition |
| abampere14 | Unit of electrical current in electromagnetic and Gaussian cgs systems of units, equal to 10 amperes in SI units. |
| abatable12 | Capable of being abated. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.] |
| abdicate13 | (transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the early 19th century.] |
| abductee13 | An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens. [Late 20th century.] |
| abeyance15 | (law) Expectancy; condition of ownership of real property being undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century] |
| abidance13 | The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling. [Early 17th century.] |
| ablative13 | (grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).] |
| ablegate11 | (transitive, obsolete) To send abroad. |
| abnegate11 | (transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). [First attested in the early 17th century.] |
| abortive13 | (obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 18th century.] |
| abrasive13 | Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. [First attested in 1805.] |
| abrogate11 | (transitive, law) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. [First attested in the early 16th century.] |
| absentee10 | A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] |
| absinthe13 | The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. [from 1350–1470] |
| absolute10 | Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. [first attested in the late 1400s] |
| absterge11 | (transitive, archaic, now rare) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away. [First attested in the early 16th century.] |
| abstruse10 | Difficult to comprehend or understand. [from late 16th c.] |
| abusable12 | Capable of being abused. [First attested in the mid 17th century.] |
| Scrabble Word | Definition |
| abalone9 | (Canada, US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [from mid-19th century] |
| abaxile16 | Alternative form of abaxial |
| abollae9 | plural of abolla |
| abridge11 | (transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350)] |
| abscise11 | (transitive) To cut off. [First attested in the early 17th century.] |
| absence11 | A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship |
| absolve12 | (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] |
| abubble13 | In a state of excitement, agitated activity, or motion. [First attested in the mid 20th century.] |
| abusive12 | Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. [First attested in the early 17th century.] |
| Scrabble Word | Definition |
| abase7 | (transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470] |
| abate7 | (transitive, obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease. [attested since about 1150 to 1350] |
| abele7 | The white poplar (Populus alba). [First attested around 1150 to 1350.] |
| abide8 | (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th century] |
| abode8 | (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay. [Attested from (1150 to 1350) to the early 17th century.] |
| above10 | Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing. [first attested before 1150.] |
| abuse7 | Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. [from around 1350 to 1470] |