Unscramble BARBAROUS and you have 158 words, BARBAROUS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from BARBAROUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 11 with 6, 31 with 5, 54 with 4, 42 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in BARBAROUS: BAROSAUR, for 10 points.
Of the 31 5-letter words from BARBAROUS, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. ARBOR is the one most people know.
Among 54 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BARBAROUS, the top score is 8, reached by 12. BARS, BRAS and SOUR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BARBAROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in US · all 9-letter words
BARBAROUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BARBAROUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBAROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 158) | 116 | 158 | 108 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: BOABS, BOBAS, BUBAS, SABURRA, ABBS, AROBAS, BARRAS, BOAB, BOBA, BUBA, OUBAAS, ABB and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: BAROSAUR, BURB, OBAS, SOBA, ASURA, OBA, AROS and ARO.