Unscramble BASILARY and you have 188 words, BASILARY itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. ABRAYS, BIALYS and LABRYS are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34A1S1I1L12A1R1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from BASILARY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 12 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in BASILARY: BASILAR, 9 points.
9 of 52 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BASILARY tie at 10 points; none scores more. ALIAS, RAILS and BASAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from BASILARY, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. BARS, RAIL and LABS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BASILARY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in RY · all 8-letter words
What BASILARY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. BASILARY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASILARY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 156 | 188 | 147 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABRAYS, LABRYS, ABRAY, BIRSY, BLAYS, SYBIL, YABAS, BLAY, YABA, ALAYS, BRAAIS, RYALS and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ARABIS, LAIRY, RABIS, SABAL, LAARIS, RABI, YAS, LIAS and RAI, 9 in all.