229 words come out when you unscramble BENJAMINS, starting with BENJAMINS itself: 20 in Scrabble, 26 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BENJAMINS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 21 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with BENJAMINS letters: BENJAMIN, for 19 points.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BENJAMINS are led by JAMBE and JAMBS, 16 points each. MEANS, JAMES and NAMES are the familiar ones.
JAMB tops the 4-letter words from BENJAMINS at 15 points; next come BENJ and JABS on 13. NAME, MAIN and BASE will look familiar.
JAB, JAM and JIB share the top score of 12 among the 3-letter words in BENJAMINS. MAN, MEN and INN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BENJAMINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of BENJAMINS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BENJAMINS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENJAMINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 184 | 229 | 167 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
45 of the 229 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BASIJ, JAMES, BENJ, JANNS, JINNE, JANN, IMBASE, JAI, JA, NIMBS, SIMBA, MANIES and 33 more. 17 of the 229 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ENJAMBS, ENJAMB, JANNIES, AJIES, AJIS, AJI, BINMAN, BINMEN, MANEBS, MANEB, MANIS, BAES and 5 more.