Unscramble BASHLYKS to get 110 words. BASHLYKS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 1 vowel and 7 consonants.
B34A1S1H43L12Y43K5S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BASHLYKS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 4 with 6, 19 with 5, 37 with 4, 34 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Of the 37 4-letter words from BASHLYKS, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. SAYS, BASS and LABS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BASHLYKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in KS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of BASHLYKS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BASHLYKS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASHLYKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 110) | 99 | 110 | 93 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 11 of them: SKYLABS, SKYLAB, BLASHY, HASKS, HASK, BLASH, BLAYS, YAHS, BLAY, KY and HASS. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: BYSSAL, LASSY, LAHS, AHS, LAH and YAS.