Unscramble BAILLIES to get 147 words. BAILLIES itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
B34A1I1L12L12I1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BAILLIES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 17 with 6, 26 with 5, 49 with 4, 32 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 26 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BAILLIES, the top score is 7, reached by 19. LABEL, BILLS and BALLS are the familiar ones.
49 4-letter words from BAILLIES; 25 of them share the top score of 6. SALE, SELL and ABLE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BAILLIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ALIBIES, BAILIES, BALLIES, BIALIES and BILLIES (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BAILLIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILLIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 147) | 124 | 147 | 117 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
23 of the 147 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BAILLIES, BAILLIE, BAILLIS, BAILLI, BALISE, BLAISE, ISABEL, ABIES, BAELS, BLAES, LABIS, ALBE and 11 more. 7 of the 147 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BIALIES, BEALS, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES and LIAS.
This word takes every letter of BAILLIES plus a single extra one.