Unscramble BENCHMARKS and you have 308 words, BENCHMARKS itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
B34E1N12C34H43M34A1R1K5S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BENCHMARKS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 7 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in BENCHMARKS: BENCHMARK, 22 points.
Among the 7-letter words from BENCHMARKS, HACKMEN leads with 18 points, then BECHARM and BRECHAM on 16. CHAMBER, HACKERS and BANKERS are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BENCHMARKS tie at 15 points; none scores more. BRANCH, BREAKS and MAKERS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BENCHMARKS, the top score is 14, reached by 10. MARCH, BEACH and BREAK are the familiar ones.
HACK and HECK share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words from BENCHMARKS. BACK, MAKE and EACH are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words in BENCHMARKS, the top score is 9, reached by 5. CAN, HAS and CAR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of BENCHMARKS for another and you can spell this word:
More 10-letter words: starting with BE · ending in KS · all 10-letter words
BENCHMARKS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BENCHMARKS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENCHMARKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 308) | 246 | 308 | 229 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEKAHS, CHANKS, CHEKAS, ENCHARMS, REBACKS, BEKAH, BRACKS, CHANK, CHEKA, ENCHARM, REBACK, SHMEK and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CHAMBRE, MACHERS, MACHER, SNACKER, CHEMS, MASKNE, MECHS, MERCH, BERKS, CHEM, MECH, BERK and 5 more, 17 in all.