167 words come out when you unscramble BAWLEYS, starting with BAWLEYS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 15 points: BYELAWS. The strongest shorter words are BYLAWS, BAWLEY and BYELAW, 14 points each. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of BAWLEYS in one turn: 65 in Scrabble (15 + 50), 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BAWLEYS by length: 2 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 29 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 17 with 2.
The best of the 5-letter words from BAWLEYS is BYLAW, 13 points; SWALY and SWAYL on 11 follow. SABLE, BALES and BAYES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BAWLEYS, the top score is 10, reached by 10. EASY, ABLE and BASE are the familiar ones.
6 of 53 3-letter words in BAWLEYS tie at 9 points; none scores more. WAS, WEB and WAY will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BAWLEYS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with BA · ending in YS · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BYELAWS (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BAWLEYS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAWLEYS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 131 | 167 | 124 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: BAWLEYS, BAWLEY, BAYLES, SWALY, SWAYL, ABSEY, BAYES, BAYLE, BESAW, BLAYS, BLEYS, SWEY and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: BEALS, BAES, BEAL, YAS, BAE, BES and EW.
Each word below uses all the letters of BAWLEYS and one more.