Unscramble BASEHEADS to get 173 words. BASEHEADS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BASEHEAD and BEDASHES, 14 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BASEHEADS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 19 with 6, 37 with 5, 50 with 4, 40 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 19 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BASEHEADS, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. SHADES and DASHES are the ones most people know.
DHABA tops the 5-letter words from BASEHEADS at 11 points; next come ABASH and HEBES on 10. BASED, AHEAD and HEADS will look familiar.
BASH and HEBE share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words made with BASEHEADS letters. HEAD, BASE and BASS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BASEHEADS is BAH, 8 points; DAH and EDH on 7 follow. HAS, SEE and HAD are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BASEHEADS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
BASEHEADS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BASEHEADS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASEHEADS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 141 | 172 | 130 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEDASHES, BEDASH, DHABAS, DHABA, SABHAS, SAHEBS, SABHA, SAHEB, BASSED, BEDES, DEBES, EHED and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BASEHEADS, BASEHEAD, AHED, BESES, SESH, AHS, BAES, BAE, BES, DAS, EDS, ESSE and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble US: HEBES and HEBE, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BAASES.