284 words come out when you unscramble BEDSTRAWS, starting with BEDSTRAWS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BEDSTRAW, 14 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BEDSTRAWS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
60 6-letter words from BEDSTRAWS; 10 of them share the top score of 10. BREAST, WATERS and TRADES are everyday picks.
BAWDS tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BEDSTRAWS at 11 points; next come BAWRS and BESAW on 10. BASED, WATER and WASTE will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from BEDSTRAWS is BAWD, 10 points; BAWR and BRAW on 9 follow. WEST, DEBT and WEAR are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in BEDSTRAWS are led by WAB and WEB, 8 points each. ARE, WAS and ART are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of BEDSTRAWS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in WS · all 9-letter words
BEDSTRAWS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BEDSTRAWS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEDSTRAWS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 235 | 284 | 225 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: WABSTERS, WABSTER, SAWDERS, SWEARDS, WRASTED, BAWRS, BESAW, SAWDER, STAWED, SWEARD, TABERDS, WARBS and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: BASSER, BAE, BES, EW, DAS, EDS, ATS, DA, EST and TE.