Words With the Prefix ABOVE

There are 8 words with the prefix ABOVE in our word list of 382,657 words, and every one of them is on this page — grouped by length so you can scan fast, with a live filter when you need something narrower. The biggest group is the 9-letter words (2 of them); the spread is 1 of them 6 letters long, 2 of them 9 letters long, 2 of them 10 letters long, 2 of them 11 letters long, and more up to 14 letters. The longest entries are abovementioned, aboveground and abovestairs. Word-game players keep lists like this open for a reason: Scrabble and Words With Friends reward the obscure corners of the dictionary, crossword solvers live on pattern matching, and Wordle players work by elimination.

The prefix ABOVE- means over or higher than (aboveground, aboveboard) — three examples from this page: aboves.

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Frequently asked questions

How many words with the prefix ABOVE are there?

Our word list contains 8 words with the prefix ABOVE, out of 382,657 entries in total. They run from 6 to 14 letters, and the 9-letter group is the largest with 2 words.

What are the longest words with the prefix ABOVE?

The longest are abovementioned (14 letters), aboveground (11 letters) and abovestairs (11 letters).

Which words with the prefix ABOVE score highest in Scrabble?

By raw letter values, the top scorers on this page are abovementioned (22 points), abovedeck (21 points) and aboveproof (20 points) — before any letter or word multipliers. One honest caveat: this list is a broad English word list, so a few rare or technical entries appear that official game dictionaries (and Wordle’s answer list) do not accept. Always check a play against the dictionary your game uses.