Unscramble BALDERLOCKS and you have 363 words, BALDERLOCKS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
B34A1L12D2E1R1L12O1C34K5S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BALDERLOCKS split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 10, 6 with 9, 24 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
All 3 of the 10-letter words in BALDERLOCKS score 19 points.
BEDROCKS, BLOCKADE and REDBACKS share the top score of 17 among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble BALDERLOCKS. BLOCKERS and ROLLBACK are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words from BALDERLOCKS; 6 of them share the top score of 16. BLOCKED, BLOCKER and CRADLES are everyday picks.
BACKED and BOCKED are the top 6-letter words made with BALDERLOCKS letters, 15 points each. BLOCKS, BREAKS and LOCKED will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BALDERLOCKS, 7 score 13 points, the group's best. BLACK, ASKED and BREAK are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from BALDERLOCKS, BACK, BECK and BOCK tie for first at 12 points. ROCK, DARK and DESK are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in BALDERLOCKS, the top score is 9, reached by 5. CAR, ASK and BAD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BALDERLOCKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with BA · ending in KS · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ADBLOCKERS and BLOCKADERS (19 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BALDERLOCKS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALDERLOCKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 363) | 283 | 363 | 258 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALDERLOCKS, BALLOCKSED, REDBACKS, BELLOCKS, BROCKED, REDBACK, BAROCKS, BELLOCK, BOCKED, REBACKS, BAROCK, BRACKS and 68 more, 80 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ADBLOCKERS, ADBLOCKER, BALLOCKS, BEDSOCK, ROCKABLE, BARCODES, BORKED, BARCODE, BERKS, BORKS, CABLERS, BALLSED and 13 more, 25 in all.