130 words come out when you unscramble BAREHEAD, starting with BAREHEAD itself: 14 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. BEHEAD and HERBED are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BAREHEAD by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 6, 25 with 5, 46 with 4, 32 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
DHABA scores highest among the 5-letter words made with BAREHEAD letters at 11 points, ahead of REHAB on 10 and AAHED on 9. HEARD, AHEAD and BREAD are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from BAREHEAD, HEBE and HERB tie for first at 9 points. HERE, READ and AREA are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of BAREHEAD for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in AD · all 8-letter words
What BAREHEAD means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BAREHEAD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAREHEAD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 104 | 130 | 101 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DHABA, HEDERA, BEARED, RAHED, EHED, HEARE, ABEAR, BEARE, BEDE, DEBE, ABER, ARBA and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BEADER, AHED, BAE and DA, 4 in all. Not in Scrabble US: HEBE.
These 3 words take every letter of BAREHEAD plus a single extra one.