Unscramble BARCODES and you have 256 words, BARCODES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of BARCODES is on the page: BROCADES, each 13 points. The strongest shorter words are BROCADE, BARCODE and DECARBS, 12 points each. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BARCODES split into 2 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
BRACED and DECARB share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BARCODES. BOARDS, SACRED and SCORED are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from BARCODES; 13 of them share the top score of 9. BASED, BOARD and CARDS are everyday picks.
6 of 60 4-letter words from BARCODES tie at 8 points; none scores more. CODE, CARD and BASE will look familiar.
BAC, CAB and COB share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words in BARCODES. CAR, BAD and BAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BARCODES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The meaning of BARCODES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BARCODES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARCODES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 208 | 256 | 186 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
48 of the 256 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DECARBS, DECARB, BRASCO, COARBS, CORBES, SARCODE, SCROBE, ABORDS, BARDOS, BORDES, CABRE, COARB and 36 more. 22 of the 256 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BARCODES, BARCODE, ADORBS, SCROB, BOREAS, CREDS, DOBES, OCREAS, ROSACE, CRED, DOBE, ACRO and 10 more.
These 2 words take every letter of BARCODES plus a single extra one.