184 words come out when you unscramble BEDTICKS, starting with BEDTICKS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BEDTICK and SICKBED, 16 points each. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BEDTICKS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 12 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words from BEDTICKS, BECKS leads with 13 points, then BIKED and DECKS on 12. STICK, CITED and BIKES are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BEDTICKS is BECK, 12 points; DECK and DICK on 11 follow. BEST, KIDS and DEBT are everyday picks.
ICK and KEB are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BEDTICKS, 9 points each. ITS, SET and BIT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BEDTICKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BE · ending in KS · all 8-letter words
BEDTICKS 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 BEDTICKS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEDTICKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 184) | 144 | 184 | 131 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: BESTICK, KISTED, KEBS, KEB, KEDS, BETID, CIDES, DICTS, DIEBS, EIKS, KED, KEST and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: ICKS, CISTED, SKED, ETICS, KIS, KI, TECS, BES, TEC, EDS, EST, TES and 1 more.