109 words come out when you unscramble BAILIES, starting with BAILIES itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: ALIBIES and BIALIES. The best shorter words score 8: 7 of them, ABSEIL, ALIBIS and BAILIE included. 7 letters: 4 vowels and 3 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of BAILIES at once for 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50) or 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from BAILIES by length: 3 with 7 letters, 8 with 6, 15 with 5, 39 with 4, 29 with 3 and 15 with 2.
22 of 39 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BAILIES tie at 6 points; none scores more. SALE, ABLE and BASE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BAILIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
BAILIES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BAILIES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 109) | 93 | 109 | 86 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALISE, BLAISE, ISABEL, ABIES, BAELS, BLAES, LABIS, ALBE, BAEL, SLEB, SEIL, SILE and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BIALIES, BEALS, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES and LIAS, 7 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of BAILIES spell the words below.