Unscramble BANKSIDES and you have 251 words, BANKSIDES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BANKSIDE, 15 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BANKSIDES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in BANKSIDES: BANKSIDE, 15 points.
The 6-letter words from BANKSIDES are led by BANKED and BASKED, 13 points each. KINASE, BIASED and SNAKES are the familiar ones.
BAKED and BIKED share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BANKSIDES. BASED, ASKED and NAKED are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in BANKSIDES, the top score is 10, reached by 11. KIDS, BANK and KIND are the familiar ones.
KAB and KEB are the top 3-letter words made with BANKSIDES letters, 9 points each. END, ASK and BAD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BANKSIDES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What BANKSIDES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BANKSIDES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANKSIDES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 189 | 251 | 176 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KANDIES, NIKABS, SANDEKS, BAKEN, BINKS, NABKS, NIKAB, SANDEK, BINK, DANKS, DIKAS, KADES and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KINDA, SKEDS, SIKAS, SKED, SIKA, KIS, KI, BAE, BES, DAN, DAS, EDS and 1 more, 13 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of BANKSIDES and one more.