Unscramble BASHAWISM and you have 196 words, BASHAWISM itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BASHAWS, 15 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
B34A1S1H43A1W4I1S1M34
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BASHAWISM by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 18 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
5 of 49 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BASHAWISM tie at 13 points; none scores more. BASIS, SAMBA and SMASH will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from BASHAWISM, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. WISH, MASS and MISS are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with BASHAWISM letters are led by HAW and WHA, 9 points each. WAS, HAS and ASS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BASHAWISM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in SM · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BASHAWS (15 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BASHAWISM, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASHAWISM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 153 | 196 | 138 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BASHAWISM, HAWMS, HAMBA, HAWM, MWAH, SAHIBAS, SAWAHS, SIWASH, MISSAW, SABHAS, SAHIBA, SAWAH and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MAHWAS, SHAMBAS, MAHWA, SHAMBA, SHWAS, ASWIM, SHWA, WAAH, BISH, HIMS, AHIS, MASAS and 3 more, 15 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of BASHAWISM and one more.