Unscramble BEARWARDS to get 249 words. BEARWARDS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
B34E1A1R1W4A1R1D2S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BEARWARDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 14 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 18 with 2.
BRAWER scores highest among the 6-letter words from BEARWARDS at 11 points, ahead of ADWARE and AWARDS on 10. REWARD, DRAWER and BARRED are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BEARWARDS, BAWDS leads with 11 points, then BAWRS and BESAW on 10. BASED, AWARD and AWARE are the familiar ones.
BAWD scores highest among the 4-letter words from BEARWARDS at 10 points, ahead of BAWR and BRAW on 9. BASE, BEAR and WEAR are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words in BEARWARDS are led by WAB and WEB, 8 points each. ARE, WAS and RED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BEARWARDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DRAWBARS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BEARWARDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEARWARDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 202 | 249 | 191 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEARWARDS, BADWARES, BEARWARD, BADWARE, BAWRS, BESAW, SAWDER, SWEARD, WARBS, ADAWS, AWARER, BAWR and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ADWARES, ADWARE, DARBARS, DARBAR, BAES, BAE, BES, EW, DAS, EDS and DA, 11 in all.