Unscramble BASELARDS and you have 258 words, BASELARDS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BASELARDS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 14 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
BASELARD is the only one of the 8-letter words in BASELARDS; it scores 11 points.
18 of 46 6-letter words from BASELARDS tie at 9 points; none scores more. BLADES, LASERS and SALADS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BASELARDS, the top score is 8, reached by 21. BASED, BEARS and BRASS are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 4-letter words in BASELARDS tie at 7 points; none scores more. ABLE, BASE and DEAL will look familiar.
58 3-letter words made with BASELARDS letters; 4 of them share the top score of 6. ARE, RED and BAD are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BASELARDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ABRADES, BLADERS, BRASSED and SERDABS (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BASELARDS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the Words With Friends list leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASELARDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 258) | 209 | 257 | 196 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. *Words With Friends' list can change.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: BASELARDS, BASELARD, BEDRALS, BASSED, BEDRAL, LABDAS, SABLED, ABEARS, BELARS, BLADS, BRASES, BREDS and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: BLADERS, BLADER, BASSER, SABALS, SABLER, BEALS, SABAL, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES, DAS and 1 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: BAASES.