Unscramble BANDOLINE and you have 255 words, BANDOLINE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34A1N12D2O1L12I1N12E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BANDOLINE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
37 6-letter words from BANDOLINE; 12 of them share the top score of 9. ONLINE, BLONDE and DENIAL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BANDOLINE, 20 score 8 points, the group's best. ADOBE, IDEAL and BLIND are the ones most people know.
17 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BANDOLINE tie at 7 points; none scores more. ABLE, BAND and DEAL will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from BANDOLINE, the top score is 6, reached by 8. END, OLD and BAD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BANDOLINE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BLONDINE (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BANDOLINE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANDOLINE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 196 | 254 | 181 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
58 of the 255 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BANDOLINE, BLINNED, BOLDEN, DIABLE, BIDON, BILED, BODLE, BOLINE, NANOBE, OBIED, ABID, BLAD and 46 more. 15 of the 255 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BLONDINE, BALDIE, ABLED, BELON, DOBE, BEAL, ONLINE, BAE, DENI, DINO, OBA, DAN and 3 more. 1 of the 255 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: EBOLA.
Each word below uses all the letters of BANDOLINE and one more.