Unscramble BAILBOND to get 139 words. BAILBOND itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34A1I1L12B34O1N12D2
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from BAILBOND by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 17 with 5, 45 with 4, 48 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 7 letters.
4 of 45 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BAILBOND tie at 8 points; none scores more. LAND, LOAN and BAND will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from BAILBOND, ABB, BIB and BOB tie for first at 7 points. OLD, BAD and OIL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BAILBOND but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ND · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DOBBIN (11 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BAILBOND is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILBOND itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 112 | 139 | 105 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 27 of them: BAILBOND, BIDON, BOAB, BOBA, ABB, ABID, BLAD, DOAB, DOLINA, BONA, DOB, DOLIA and 15 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: DINO, LOID, OBA, DAN, ODA, DA and OI.
This word takes every letter of BAILBOND plus a single extra one.