There are 13 words that start with 'absent'.
| absent | absents |
| absented | absentee |
| absenter | absently |
| absentees | absenters |
| absenting | absenteeism |
| absenteeisms | absentminded |
| absentmindedly | |
Note: These 13 words that start with 'absent' are found from the USA & Canada version of the tournament Scrabble word list.