Unscramble BARDIEST and you have 299 words, BARDIEST itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: BRAIDEST, RABIDEST, REDBAITS and TRIBADES. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BARDIEST split into 5 with 8 letters, 27 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Among 27 7-letter words in BARDIEST, the top score is 10, reached by 13. SIDEBAR is the familiar one.
Of the 60 6-letter words from BARDIEST, 27 score 9 points, the group's best. BREAST, RAISED and TRIBES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BARDIEST, the top score is 8, reached by 31. BASED, BEARS and BIRDS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from BARDIEST, 20 score 7 points, the group's best. BEST, BASE and DEBT are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 3-letter words in BARDIEST tie at 6 points; none scores more. ARE, ITS and ART will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of BARDIEST, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with REDBAITS and TRIBADES (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BARDIEST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARDIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 246 | 299 | 236 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BARDIEST, BRAIDEST, RABIDEST, BARDIES, BASTIDE, TABERDS, BARDIE, BESTAD, BIRSED, BRAIDE, BREIDS, TABERD and 41 more, 53 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BAES, RABI, BAE, BES, DAS, EDS, ATS, DA, EST and TE, 10 in all.
These 6 words take every letter of BARDIEST plus a single extra one.