Unscramble BASHLIKS to get 153 words. BASHLIKS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BASHLIK and KIBLAHS, 16 points each. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BASHLIKS split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 35 with 5, 54 with 4, 37 with 3 and 16 with 2.
HAIKS, HASKS and LAKHS share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words from BASHLIKS. BASIS, SLASH and SAILS are the ones most people know.
Among 54 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BASHLIKS, the top score is 11, reached by 5. BASS, KISS and LABS are the familiar ones.
KHI scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BASHLIKS at 10 points, ahead of KAB on 9 and BAH on 8. HAS, ASK and ASS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BASHLIKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in KS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; KIBLAHS (16 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BASHLIKS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASHLIKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 153) | 127 | 152 | 115 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: BASHLIKS, BASHLIK, LAKISH, HASKS, HASK, KISH, BHAIS, BLASH, SKAILS, BHAI, KALIS, LAIKS and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: BISH, SIKAS, SIKA, AHIS, KIS, LAHS, AHI, AHS, KI, LAH, LASSI and LIAS. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: SHIKSA.