Unscramble BEHOOVES to get 89 words. BEHOOVES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BEHOOVE and BEHOVES lead with 15 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from BEHOOVES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 12 with 5, 26 with 4, 31 with 3 and 14 with 2.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BEHOOVES is HOVE, 10 points; BOHO and BOHS on 9 follow. SHOE, HOSE and BEES are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BEHOOVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What BEHOOVES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BEHOOVES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEHOOVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 89) | 63 | 89 | 57 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
24 of the 89 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EVHOE, EVOHE, HOOVE, HOVES, BOOHS, BOHS, BOOH, OBVS, BOH, BOOSE, EVOE, EVOS and 12 more. 8 of the 89 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BOHOS, BOHO, HOO, HOS, SEV, SHO, SOH and BES. 2 of the 89 answers are missing from Scrabble US: HEBES and HEBE.