Unscramble BAREBONE and you have 129 words, BAREBONE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
B34A1R1E1B34O1N12E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BAREBONE split into 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 6, 15 with 5, 41 with 4, 46 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Of the 41 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BAREBONE, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. BEEN, NEAR and BORN are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BAREBONE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in NE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with NABBER (10 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BAREBONE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAREBONE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 98 | 129 | 92 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 31 of them: BAREBONE, EARBOB, BEROB, ABORNE, BOAB, BOBA, ABB, ABORE, BEARE, BOREE, BORNA, BRANE and 19 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: ARENE, BAE, OBA, NARE, RENO and ARO.
With one more tile, the letters of BAREBONE spell the words below.