Unscramble BEMBEXES and you have 33 words, BEMBEXES itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34E1M34B34E1X8E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BEMBEXES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 6, 4 with 5, 9 with 4, 9 with 3 and 6 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of BEMBEXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXES (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BEMBEXES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEMBEXES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 33) | 21 | 33 | 18 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 12 of them: BEMBEXES, BEMBEX, EXEEMS, EXEMES, EXEEM, EXEME, BESEE, MEES, MESE, SMEE, MEE and EE. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: SEMEE, BES and MES.