Unscramble BABELISH and you have 178 words, BABELISH itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SHABBLE, 14 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BABELISH by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 10 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 21 with 2.
SHABBLE is the only one of the 7-letter words made with BABELISH letters; it scores 14 points.
8 of 39 5-letter words from BABELISH tie at 10 points; none scores more. BIBLE, BABES and AISLE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BABELISH, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. SALE, ABLE and BASE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words in BABELISH is BAH, 8 points; ABB and BIB on 7 follow. HAS, SEA and LAB are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of BABELISH for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in SH · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 6 strongest answers mean; HABILE (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BABELISH is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BABELISH itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 147 | 178 | 133 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
31 of the 178 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BABELISH, SHABBLE, BELAHS, BELAH, BHAIS, BHELS, BLASH, HABLE, SAHEB, BHAI, BHEL, ABBS and 19 more. 14 of the 178 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BIBES, BISH, BIBE, AHIS, BEALS, LAHS, AHI, AHS, BAES, BEAL, LAH, BAE and 2 more.