Unscramble BEHEADING and you have 214 words, BEHEADING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BEHEADING split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 24 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 24 6-letter words made with BEHEADING letters, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. BEHIND, GAINED and BEANIE are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BEHEADING are led by BANDH, BHANG and BIGHA, 11 points each. BEING, BEGIN and BEGAN are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words from BEHEADING is BAGH, 10 points; BHAI and HEBE on 9 follow. BEEN, HAND and HEAD are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with BEHEADING letters, BAH leads with 8 points, then DAH and EDH on 7. HAD, END and BIG are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of BEHEADING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What BEHEADING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BEHEADING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEHEADING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 214) | 160 | 214 | 148 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
53 of the 214 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABEIGH, BEEGAH, BHAGEE, BANDH, BEENAH, BIGHA, HAGDEN, HIDAGE, BAGH, HAINED, HEBEN, AHIND and 41 more. 13 of the 214 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AHING, BEGAD, BEIGNE, DEBAG, HENGE, AHED, BEEDI, BING, AHI, BAE, DAN, DA and 1 more. 1 of the 214 answers is missing from Scrabble US: HEBE.
This word takes every letter of BEHEADING plus a single extra one.