8 Letter Words
- aardvark
- aardwolf
- aasvogel
- abactors
- abacuses
- abalones
- abampere
- abanding
- abandons
- abapical
- abasedly
- abashing
- abatable
- abatises
- abattoir
- abatures
- abbacies
- abbatial
- abbesses
- abdicant
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abdomina
- abducens
- abducent
- abducing
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- abearing
- abegging
- abelmosk
- aberrant
- aberrate
- abessive
- abetment
- abettals
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abeyancy
- abfarads
- abhenrys
- abhorred
- abhorrer
- abidance
- abidings
- abigails
- abjected
- abjectly
- abjoints
- abjurers
- abjuring
- ablating
- ablation
- ablative
- ablators
- ablegate
- ableisms
- ableists
- abluents
- ablution
- abnegate
- abnormal
- aboideau
- aboiteau
- abomasal
- abomasum
- abomasus
- aborally
- abording
- aborigen
- aborigin
- aborning
- abortees
- aborters
- aborting
- abortion
- abortive
- aboulias
- abounded
- abrachia
- abradant
- abraders
- abrading
- abraided
- abrasion
- abrasive
- abraying
- abreacts
- abricock
- abridged
- abridger
- abridges
- abrogate
- abrooked
- abrookes
- abrosias
- abrupter
- abruptly
- abscinds
- abscised
- abscises
- abscisin
- abscissa
- abscisse
- absconds
- abseiled
- absences
- absented
- absentee
- absenter
- absently
- absinthe
- absinths
- absolute
- absolved
- absolver
- absolves
- absonant
- absorbed
- absorber
- abstains
- absterge
- abstract
- abstrict
- abstruse
- absurder
- absurdly
- abthanes
- abundant
- abusable
- abusages
- abusions
- abutilon
- abutment
- abuttals
- abutters
- abutting
- academes
- academia
- academic
- acalephe
- acalephs
- acanthae
- acanthas
- acanthin
- acanthus
- acapnias
- acarbose
- acaridan
- acarines
- acarpous
- acatours
- acaudate
- acauline
- acaulose
- acaulous
- acceders
- acceding
- accended
- accented
- accentor
- accepted
- acceptee
- accepter
- acceptor
- accessed
- accesses
- accident
- accidias
- accidies
- accinged
- accinges
- acciting
- acclaims
- accloyed
- accoasts
- accolade
- accompts
- accorage
- accorded
- accorder
- accosted
- accounts
- accourts
- accouter
- accoutre
- accoying
- accredit
- accreted
- accretes
- accrewed
- accruals
- accruing
- accuracy
- accurate
- accursed
- accurses
- accusals
- accusant
- accusers
- accusing
- accustom
- aceldama
- acentric
- acequias
- acerated
- acerbate
- acerbest
- acerbity
- acerolas
- acervate
- acervuli
- acescent
- acetamid
- acetated
- acetates
- acetones
- acetonic
- acetoxyl
- acetylic
- achaenia
- acharyas
- achenial
- achenium
- achieved
- achiever
- achieves
- achillea
- achiness
- achingly
- achiotes
- acholias
- achromat
- achromic
- aciculae
- acicular
- aciculas
- aciculum
- acidemia
- acidhead
- acidiest
- acidness
- acidoses
- acidosis
- acidotic
- aciduria
- acierage
8 letter words for Scrabble and Words with Friends
In games such as Scrabble and Words with Friends, each player’s rack only contains seven letters, which means that they need to use tiles already laid down on the board to construct 8-letter words.
The dream-play is to build a word with 8 letters through Bingo, that is, using the 7 letters on one’s rack and combining them with another word on the board. For instance, building ZODIAC (19 points) and adding it to an S on the board to create ZODIACS (20 points). This single play would yield 70 points alone (50 for Bingo plus 20 for the word).
Another common way to build an 8-letter word is by combining a full word already on the board with a new one. For example, BREAD (8 points) plus BOX (12 points) makes BREADBOX with 20 points. Likewise, DOWN (8 points) plus SIZE (13 points) turns into DOWNSIZE yielding 21 points.
What are the highest-scoring 8-letter words?
There are four words containing 8 letters that yield 37 points: BEZAZZES, JAZZLIKE, PAZAZZES, and PIZAZZES.
If the only Z tile in the game is not available and you cannot get your hands on at least one white tile, then the highest-scoring word you can form is JUMBUCKS, which is worth 25 points.
What are the lowest-scoring 8-letter words?
The least-valued words containing 8 letters are those made with vowels and common consonants, namely, the R, S, T, L, and N. In word games like Scrabble, these tiles are worth only 1 point each due to their frequency in the English language.
Therefore, the lower-scoring 8-letter words are those yielding only 8 points such as ARTERIAL, EARLIEST, NEURONES, or TENSIONS.
