6-letter words starting with AB
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter AB. This section showcases how AB at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with AB, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| abroad | 9 | far away from home or one's usual surroundings | - |
| absurd | 9 | a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless | The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth |
| aboard | 9 | side by side | anchored close aboard another ship |
| abused | 9 | subjected to cruel treatment | an abused wife |
| absent | 8 | go away or leave | He absented himself |
| absorb | 10 | consume all of one's attention or time | Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely |
| abrupt | 10 | marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions | abrupt prose |
| ablaze | 17 | lighted up by or as by fire or flame | forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning |
| abduct | 11 | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | - |
| abound | 9 | be in a state of movement or action | The room abounded with screaming children |
| abject | 17 | showing utter resignation or hopelessness | abject surrender |
| abuser | 8 | someone who abuses | - |
| abbess | 10 | the superior of a group of nuns | - |
| abacus | 10 | a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves | - |
| abated | 9 | - | - |
| abrade | 9 | rub hard or scrub | - |
| abseil | 8 | descend by means of a rappel | You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing |
| abided | 10 | - | - |
| abjure | 15 | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | She abjured her beliefs |
| ablest | 8 | - | - |
| abords | 9 | - | - |
| abwatt | 11 | a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt) | - |
| abying | 12 | - | - |
| aborts | 8 | - | - |
| abacas | 10 | - | - |
| aborne | 8 | - | - |
| abodes | 9 | - | - |
| aboral | 8 | opposite to or away from the mouth | the aboral surface of a starfish |
| abomas | 10 | - | - |
| abolla | 8 | - | - |
| abohms | 13 | - | - |
| abysms | 13 | - | - |
| abulia | 8 | a loss of will power | - |
| abouts | 8 | - | - |
| aboves | 11 | - | - |
| abraid | 9 | - | - |
| abrays | 11 | - | - |
| abrazo | 17 | - | - |
| abrege | 9 | - | - |
| abrins | 8 | - | - |
| abvolt | 11 | a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt | - |
| abuses | 8 | - | - |
| aburst | 8 | - | - |
| abseys | 11 | - | - |
| abunas | 8 | - | - |
| absits | 8 | - | - |
| abulic | 10 | suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | - |
| abates | 8 | - | - |
| abcees | 10 | - | - |
| abbots | 10 | - | - |
| abbeys | 13 | - | - |
| abbacy | 15 | the jurisdiction or office of an abbot | - |
| abayas | 11 | - | - |
| abattu | 8 | - | - |
| abator | 8 | a person who abates a nuisance | - |
| abatis | 8 | a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy | - |
| abdabs | 11 | - | - |
| abater | 8 | - | - |
| abasia | 8 | inability to walk | - |
| abases | 8 | - | - |
| abaser | 8 | - | - |
| abased | 9 | - | - |
| abands | 9 | - | - |
| abamps | 12 | - | - |
| abakas | 12 | - | - |
| abitur | 8 | - | - |
| abmhos | 13 | - | - |
| ablush | 11 | - | - |
| abloom | 10 | bursting into flower | - |
| ablins | 8 | - | - |
| abling | 9 | - | - |
| ablets | 8 | - | - |
| ablaut | 8 | a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) | - |
| ablate | 8 | remove an organ or bodily structure | - |
| aboded | 10 | - | - |
| abides | 9 | - | - |
| abider | 9 | - | - |
| abhors | 11 | - | - |
| abelia | 8 | any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico | - |
| abeles | 8 | - | - |
| abeigh | 12 | - | - |
| abears | 8 | - | - |
| abduce | 11 | advance evidence for | - |
