Unscramble BARDSHIPS to get 225 words. BARDSHIPS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. BARDSHIP is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
B34A1R1D2S1H43I1P34S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from BARDSHIPS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 21 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in BARDSHIPS: BARDSHIP, 16 points.
APHIDS scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BARDSHIPS at 12 points, ahead of ASPISH and BARISH on 11. PARISH and RAPIDS are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from BARDSHIPS, APHID leads with 11 points, then APHIS and APISH on 10. BASIS, SHIPS and SHARP are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 4-letter words made with BARDSHIPS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. HARD, SHIP and PAID will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BARDSHIPS, the top score is 8, reached by 5. HAS, HAD and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BARDSHIPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in PS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with APHIDS and RASPISH (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BARDSHIPS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARDSHIPS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 191 | 225 | 181 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BARDSHIPS, BARDSHIP, BARISH, BHAIS, SHAPS, SIDHAS, BARPS, BHAI, PAHS, SIDHA, SPRAID, ARISH and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BISH, SIDH, AHIS, BRISS, RABIS, AHI, AHS, DAS, DA and RAI, 10 in all.
This word takes every letter of BARDSHIPS plus a single extra one.