Unscramble BENAMES and you have 149 words, BENAMES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: BASEMEN and BEMEANS. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of BENAMES in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BENAMES by length: 3 with 7 letters, 10 with 6, 28 with 5, 53 with 4, 39 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Of the 28 5-letter words from BENAMES, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. MEANS, NAMES and BEANS are the ones most people know.
53 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BENAMES; 4 of them share the top score of 8. BEEN, NAME and SAME are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BENAMES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BE · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The meaning of BENAMES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BENAMES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENAMES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 109 | 149 | 100 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMBASE, NEEMBS, NEEMB, ENSEAM, MEANES, AMENE, BASEN, MEANE, MEASE, MENES, SAMEN, SEAME and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MANEBS, MANEB, BAES, BAE, BES, MES, ESNE, NAES and SAN, 9 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of BENAMES and one more.