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Words with A and B

A (1 points) and B (3 points) together make for big tiles. These words use both letters, in any order and any place, and every one is playable on Wordtide's board. There are 15,055 playable words with both A and B in Wordtide's English dictionary. The most common length is 8 letters, and the longest word is ABSORBABILITIES. The highest-scoring is OXYPHENBUTAZONE, worth 38 points.

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Popular words with both A and B

JUSTIFIABLY27
OBJECTIONABLE27
JUSTIFIABLE25
RECOGNIZABLE25
AUTOBIOGRAPHY23
COMPATIBILITY23
CONCEIVABLY23
QUESTIONABLE23
UNBELIEVABLY23
UNCOMFORTABLE23
COMFORTABLY22
ABBREVIATING21
ABBREVIATIONS21
BACKGROUNDS21
BUREAUCRACY21
CONCEIVABLE21
ENJOYABLE21
EXECUTABLE21

Highest-scoring words with both A and B

Points are Wordtide tile values before bonus squares. Rare letters pay most: J, Q and Z are worth 9, X is 7.

OXYPHENBUTAZONE38
BENZODIAZEPINES36
BENZIMIDAZOLES35
BENZODIAZEPINE35
BEZAZZES34
WHIZZBANGS34
BEDAZZLEMENTS34
BENZIMIDAZOLE34
SQUEEZABILITY34
SQUEEZABILITIES34
BLACKJACKING33
WHIZZBANG33

2-letter words with both A and B (2)

3-letter words with both A and B (29)

ABA5
ABS5
ABY7
ALB5
ARB5
BAA5
BAD6
BAG6
BAH7
BAL5
BAM7
BAN5
BAP7
BAR5
BAS5
BAT5
BAY7
BOA5
BRA5
CAB7
DAB6
GAB6
JAB13
KAB8
LAB5
NAB5
SAB5
TAB5
WAB8

4-letter words with both A and B (136)

ABLE6
ABLY8
BABE8
BABY10
BACK11
BADE7
BAGS7
BAKE9
BALD7
BALK9
BALL6
BALM8
BAND7
BANG7
BANK9
BANS6
BARB8
BARE6
BARK9
BARS6
BASE6
BASH8
BASK9
BASS6
BATH8
BAUD8
BAWL9
BAYS8
BEAD7
BEAK9
BEAM8
BEAN6
BEAR6
BEAT6
BETA6
BIAS6
BLAB8
BOAT6
BRAY8
CABS8
CRAB8
DAUB8
GRAB7
JABS14
JAMB16
LABS6
LAMB8
SCAB8
SWAB9
TABS6

The 50 most common shown, 86 rarer words not listed. All 4-letter words

5-letter words with both A and B (386)

ABIDE8
ABORT7
ABOUT8
ABOVE11
ABUSE8
ALBUM10
AMBER9
BACKS12
BADGE9
BADLY10
BAKED11
BAKES10
BALLS7
BANAL7
BANDS8
BANKS10
BARKS10
BASED8
BASES7
BASIC9
BASIS7
BATCH11
BATHS9
BEACH11
BEANS7
BEARD8
BEARS7
BEAST7
BEATS7
BEGAN8
BLACK12
BLADE8
BLAME9
BLANK10
BLAST7
BOARD8
BOATS7
BRAIN7
BRAKE10
BRAND8
BRAVE11
BREAD8
BREAK10
BROAD8
CABLE9
GRABS8
HABIT9
MAYBE11
RABID8
URBAN8

The 50 most common shown, 336 rarer words not listed. All 5-letter words

6-letter words with both A and B (839)

ABROAD9
ABSORB10
ABSURD10
ABUSED10
ABUSES9
ALBUMS11
BABIES10
BACKED14
BAFFLE14
BAKING12
BANNED9
BARELY10
BARKED12
BARRED9
BASHED11
BASHES10
BASICS10
BASING9
BASKET11
BEARDS9
BEAUTY11
BECAME12
BEHALF13
BEHAVE14
BEWARE11
BIASED9
BINARY10
BLACKS13
BLADES9
BLAMED11
BLAMES10
BLANKS11
BRAKES11
BRANCH12
BREACH12
BREAKS11
BREATH10
BYPASS12
CABLED11
CABLES10
CARBON10
COMBAT12
FABRIC13
HABITS10
NEARBY10
RABBIT10
SUBWAY14
VERBAL12
VIABLE12
WOMBAT13

The 50 most common shown, 789 rarer words not listed. All 6-letter words

7-letter words with both A and B (1,563)

ABILITY11
ABOLISH11
ABSENCE11
ABSORBS11
ABUSING11
ABUSIVE14
ABYSMAL13
AMBIENT11
ANYBODY14
AUDIBLE11
BACKING15
BACKLOG15
BAFFLED16
BAFFLES15
BAGGAGE12
BALANCE11
BARKING13
BAROQUE18
BASHING12
BATTERY11
BEARDED11
BECAUSE12
BEHAVED16
BEHAVES15
BENEATH11
BIZARRE17
BLAMING12
BLANKET12
BRACKET14
BRANDED11
BREATHE11
BRIGADE11
BROADLY12
CABBAGE14
CABINET11
CABLING12
CAPABLE13
CHAMBER15
DEBATED11
FORBADE13
GARBAGE11
GARBLED11
GRABBED13
HUSBAND13
INHABIT11
LIBRARY11
MAILBOX17
RAINBOW12
SUBWAYS15
TOBACCO13

The 50 most common shown, 1,513 rarer words not listed. All 7-letter words

8-letter words with both A and B (2,459)

ABNORMAL12
ABSORBED13
ABSTRACT12
ALPHABET14
ARGUABLE12
ARGUABLY14
ASSEMBLE12
ASSEMBLY14
BACKBONE17
BACKWARD19
BACTERIA12
BAFFLING17
BALANCED13
BALANCES12
BANKRUPT16
BASEMENT12
BATHROOM14
BEARDING12
BEHAVING17
BEHAVIOR16
BIBLICAL14
BIRTHDAY15
BOUNDARY14
BRACKETS15
BRANCHES14
BRANDING12
BREAKING14
BREATHED13
BREATHES12
CUPBOARD16
DEBATING12
DRAWBACK19
FEASIBLE13
FEEDBACK19
FOOTBALL13
GLOBALLY13
GRABBING14
HANDBOOK16
HARDBACK18
KEYBOARD16
MEGABYTE15
PROBABLE14
PROBABLY16
SUITABLY13
UMBRELLA13
VALUABLE15
VARIABLE14
VERBALLY16
VERBATIM16
WORKABLE16

The 50 most common shown, 2,409 rarer words not listed. All 8-letter words

9-letter words with both A and B (2,378)

ABANDONED13
ABOLISHED14
ABOLISHES13
ABSORBING14
ADMIRABLE14
ADVISABLE16
ALGEBRAIC14
ALLOWABLE14
AMBIGUITY17
AMBIGUOUS16
AMBITIOUS14
ARBITRARY13
ASSEMBLED14
ASSEMBLER13
ASSEMBLES13
AVAILABLE15
BACKSPACE20
BACKWARDS20
BACTERIUM16
BALANCING14
BANDWAGON16
BANDWIDTH18
BASICALLY15
BEAUTIFUL16
BEHAVIOUR18
BIOGRAPHY18
BLACKMAIL18
BLATANTLY13
BRACKETED17
BREAKDOWN18
BREAKFAST17
BREATHING14
BROADCAST14
CARDBOARD15
DEBATABLE14
DRAWBACKS20
ENJOYABLE21
FAVORABLE18
IMBALANCE15
INCAPABLE15
INHABITED14
KEYBOARDS17
MEGABYTES16
MEMORABLE15
MISERABLY15
PAPERBACK20
PLAUSIBLE14
SUBSTANCE14
VARIABLES15
VEGETABLE16

The 50 most common shown, 2,328 rarer words not listed.

10-letter words with both A and B (2,070)

ABBREVIATE18
ABNORMALLY16
ABOLISHING15
ABSOLUTELY15
ACCEPTABLE18
ACCESSIBLE16
ALPHABETIC18
AMBASSADOR15
APPLICABLE18
ASSEMBLING15
AUTOMOBILE15
BACKGROUND20
BEFOREHAND18
BELIEVABLE18
BENEFICIAL17
BIOLOGICAL15
BLACKBOARD20
BRACKETING18
BROADCASTS15
CAPABILITY18
CELEBRATED15
CHARITABLE16
COMPARABLE18
COMPATIBLE18
DETECTABLE15
DISPOSABLE15
EXECUTABLE21
IMPROBABLE18
INEVITABLE16
INEVITABLY18
INFALLIBLE15
INHABITING15
INVALUABLE17
INVARIABLY18
NOTICEABLY16
OBLIGATORY15
PREFERABLE17
PREFERABLY19
PRESUMABLY19
PROFITABLE17
REMARKABLE17
REMARKABLY19
ROUNDABOUT15
SUBSIDIARY16
SUBSTANCES15
UNBALANCED16
UNWORKABLE19
VEGETABLES17
VOCABULARY21
VULNERABLE17

The 50 most common shown, 2,020 rarer words not listed.

11-letter words with both A and B (1,723)

ABBREVIATED20
ABBREVIATES19
ABSTRACTION15
AMBIGUITIES17
ARBITRARILY15
ATTRIBUTING15
AUTOMOBILES16
BACKGROUNDS21
BEAUTIFULLY20
BLACKJACKED32
BRILLIANTLY15
BUREAUCRACY21
CELEBRATING16
CELEBRATION15
COMBINATION17
COMFORTABLE20
COMFORTABLY22
CONCEIVABLE21
CONCEIVABLY23
DISTURBANCE17
EMBARRASSED16
EMBARRASSES15
ESTABLISHED16
ESTABLISHES15
FASHIONABLE18
FEASIBILITY18
FORESEEABLE16
IMPLAUSIBLE18
INHABITANTS15
JUSTIFIABLE25
JUSTIFIABLY27
LUMBERJACKS29
OBSERVATION17
PORTABILITY17
PRACTICABLE19
PREDICTABLE18
PROBABILITY19
PUBLICATION18
QUARTERBACK27
REGRETTABLY16
RELIABILITY15
RESEMBLANCE17
RESPECTABLE17
SUBSTANTIAL14
SUITABILITY16
THEREABOUTS16
UNAMBIGUOUS19
UNAVAILABLE18
UNAVOIDABLE19
UNDESIRABLE15

The 50 most common shown, 1,673 rarer words not listed.

12-letter words with both A and B (1,323)

ABBREVIATING21
ABBREVIATION20
ALPHABETICAL20
AMBIDEXTROUS24
APPROACHABLE22
AVAILABILITY20
BACKTRACKING25
BANKRUPTCIES22
BIBLIOGRAPHY23
BLACKJACKING33
BLACKMAILING22
BLACKTOPPING24
BREAKTHROUGH23
BROADCASTING18
CAPABILITIES18
CHATTERBOXES24
COMBINATIONS18
COMMUNICABLE23
CONSIDERABLE17
CONSIDERABLY19
DELIBERATELY17
EMBARRASSING17
ESTABLISHING17
EXACERBATING23
FLAMBOYANTLY23
INACCESSIBLE18
INCOMPATIBLE20
INCOMPATIBLY22
INEXPLICABLE24
INEXPLICABLY26
INEXTRICABLY24
LIBERALIZING23
MOBILIZATION24
OBSERVATIONS18
PIGGYBACKING26
PROGRAMMABLE21
PUBLICATIONS19
QUARTERBACKS28
QUESTIONABLE23
RECOGNIZABLE25
SWITCHBOARDS22
UNACCEPTABLE21
UNACCEPTABLY23
UNBELIEVABLE21
UNBELIEVABLY23
UNFORGIVABLE23
UNMISTAKABLY22
UNOBTAINABLE17
UNREASONABLE15
WHEELBARROWS22

The 50 most common shown, 1,273 rarer words not listed.

How common are they?

15,055 of the 167,814 words on Wordtide's English board (9.0%) are with both A and B. Most of them, 2,459, have 8 letters. 8,319 of them have the two letters side by side.

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Words containing AB

Every word comes from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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Questions

How many words are there with both A and B?

Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words) has 15,055 words with both A and B, from 2 to 15 letters long.

What is the highest-scoring word with both A and B?

OXYPHENBUTAZONE, worth 38 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares. Close behind: BENZODIAZEPINES (36), BENZIMIDAZOLES (35) and BENZODIAZEPINE (35).

What are the most common words with both A and B?

JUSTIFIABLY, OBJECTIONABLE, JUSTIFIABLE, RECOGNIZABLE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY and COMPATIBILITY. These are the everyday ones, ranked by how familiar they are in ordinary English.

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