Unscramble BAWDINESS to get 258 words. BAWDINESS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. BEDAWINS is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 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 BAWDINESS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
12 of 38 6-letter words from BAWDINESS tie at 10 points; none scores more. BIASED, BASINS and BIASES will look familiar.
BAWDS scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BAWDINESS at 11 points, ahead of BAWNS and BESAW on 10. BASED, BASIS and BANDS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from BAWDINESS, BAWD leads with 10 points, then BAWN and NEWB on 9. NEWS, WIDE and BAND are the familiar ones.
WAB and WEB are the top 3-letter words in BAWDINESS, 8 points each. NEW, WAS and END will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BAWDINESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
BAWDINESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BAWDINESS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAWDINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 258) | 207 | 258 | 195 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
51 of the 258 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEDAWINS, BEDAWIN, WINDASES, DEWANIS, WESANDS, WINDSES, BESAW, DEWANI, INDEWS, WAINED, WESAND, WINDAS and 39 more. 12 of the 258 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BAWNS, NEWBS, BAWN, NEWB, SWINES, BAE, BES, EW, DAN, DAS, EDS and DA.