Unscramble BEHAVIOUR to get 180 words. BEHAVIOUR itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BEHAVIOUR by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 3 with 6, 26 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in BEHAVIOUR: BEHAVIOR, for 16 points.
Of the 26 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BEHAVIOUR, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. ABOVE, BRAVE and BRAVO are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with BEHAVIOUR letters, HAVE, HIVE and HOVE tie for first at 10 points. OVER, HOUR and HAIR are everyday picks.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BEHAVIOUR tie at 8 points; none scores more. ARE, AIR and BAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BEHAVIOUR for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in UR · all 9-letter words
What BEHAVIOUR means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BEHAVIOUR, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIOUR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 131 | 180 | 123 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HAVEOUR, HIVER, HOVEA, AVOURE, BAHU, BHAI, ARUHE, BOH, RAHUI, VAIRE, ABORE, ERBIA and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BRUH, ERUV, AHI, BIRO, BAE, OBA, ARO and OI, 8 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of BEHAVIOUR spell the words below.