92 words come out when you unscramble BARNEY, starting with BARNEY itself: 11 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: NEARBY. The best shorter words score 10: 6 of them, BAYER, BARNY and BARYE included. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BARNEY by length: 2 with 6 letters, 10 with 5, 28 with 4, 35 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Keep every letter of BARNEY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with BA · ending in EY · all 6-letter words
The meaning of BARNEY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BARNEY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNEY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 92) | 74 | 92 | 69 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEANY, BERAY, BAYE, BREY, RAYNE, RENAY, AYRE, BRANE, RENY, ABER, ARY, NYE and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BARNEY, BAYER, YER, BAE and NARE, 5 in all.
These 6 words take every letter of BARNEY plus a single extra one.