378 words come out when you unscramble BAIRNLIEST, starting with BAIRNLIEST itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: NAILBITERS. BRAINIEST, BRASILEIN and NAILBITER are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BAIRNLIEST by length: 2 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 42 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
2 10-letter words made with BAIRNLIEST letters use every letter: BAIRNLIEST and its 1 anagram NAILBITERS, all with 12 points.
Among 42 8-letter words you get when you unscramble BAIRNLIEST, the top score is 10, reached by 21. AIRLINES, BINARIES and INERTIAL are the familiar ones.
50 of 60 7-letter words from BAIRNLIEST tie at 9 points; none scores more. LESBIAN, AIRLINE and BLASTER will look familiar.
All 60 of the 6-letter words from BAIRNLIEST score 8 points. BREAST, ABSENT and BRAINS are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words in BAIRNLIEST come to 60, each scoring 7 points. BEARS, BEAST and BASIN are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words made with BAIRNLIEST letters score 6 points. BEST, ABLE and BASE are the ones most people know.
27 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BAIRNLIEST tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BAIRNLIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ST · all 10-letter words
What BAIRNLIEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BAIRNLIEST, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAIRNLIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 378) | 295 | 376 | 271 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
83 of the 378 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALBITISE, ATEBRINS, BAINITES, BISERIAL, BRANTLES, TABLIERS, ALBERTS, ATEBRIN, BAINITE, BARNETS, BATLERS, BESAINT and 71 more. 24 of the 378 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NAILBITERS, BRASILEIN, NAILBITER, TIBIALES, ABLEIST, BIALIES, BITSIER, NIBLETS, TRIBALS, BALTIS, BINERS, LAIRIEST and 12 more. 2 of the 378 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.
Each word below uses all the letters of BAIRNLIEST and one more.