Unscramble BENZENOID and you have 151 words, BENZENOID itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34E1N12Z10E1N12O1I1D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BENZENOID by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 11 with 6, 21 with 5, 43 with 4, 46 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in BENZENOID: EBONIZED, for 20 points.
BIZE tops the 4-letter words from BENZENOID at 15 points; next come DOZE on 14 and ZEIN on 13. BEEN, NEED and DONE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BENZENOID but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in ID · all 9-letter words
BENZENOID first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BENZENOID 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENZENOID itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 110 | 151 | 101 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENDZONE, ENZONED, ENZONE, BEZ, EZINE, DZO, ZE, ZO, BEINED, BIDON, OBIED, BEDE and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ZENDO, ZINE, ZEN, BEEDI, DOBE, DENI, DINO, NONI and OI, 9 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of BENZENOID spell the words below.