255 words come out when you unscramble BEHAVIORAL, starting with BEHAVIORAL itself: 18 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. BEHAVIOR is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BEHAVIORAL by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 6-letter words from BEHAVIORAL, HALVER, HAVIOR and VIHARA tie for first at 12 points. HERBAL, AERIAL and VERBAL are everyday picks.
7 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BEHAVIORAL tie at 11 points; none scores more. ABOVE, ALIVE and LIVER will look familiar.
HAVE, HIVE and HOVE share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words in BEHAVIORAL. OVER, LOVE and LIVE are the ones most people know.
BAH, BOH and HOB are the top 3-letter words made with BEHAVIORAL letters, 8 points each. BAR, LAB and ROB will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BEHAVIORAL for another and you can spell this word:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BEHAVIOR (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BEHAVIORAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 207 | 254 | 197 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
48 of the 255 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HALVER, VIHARA, HIVER, HOVEA, BELAH, BLIVE, HABLE, AVAILE, BHAI, BHEL, OLIVER, VIOLER and 36 more. 10 of the 255 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HALIEROV, BLAHER, HALIER, LOVIER, ALVAR, AHI, LAH, BAE, OBA and OI. 1 of the 255 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: HAOLE.
This word takes every letter of BEHAVIORAL plus a single extra one.