Unscramble BARDS and you have 38 words, BARDS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of BARDS are on the page: BRADS, DARBS and DRABS, each 8 points. 5 letters: 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BARDS by length: 4 with 5 letters, 12 with 4, 16 with 3 and 6 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of BARDS, with one letter different:
More 5-letter words: starting with BA · ending in DS · all 5-letter words
BARDS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BARDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 38) | 35 | 38 | 33 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: ARDS, ARD and SAR. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: DAS and DA.
These 12 words take every letter of BARDS plus a single extra one.