Unscramble BESHADOWING and you have 382 words, BESHADOWING itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SHADOWING, BESHADOW and BOWHEADS, 17 points each. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BESHADOWING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 29 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 49 with 2. None has 10 letters.
BESHADOW and BOWHEADS share the top score of 17 among the 8-letter words in BESHADOWING. HEADINGS, DIAGNOSE and ADHESION are the ones most people know.
The best of the 7-letter words from BESHADOWING is BOWHEAD, 16 points; HAGDOWN and WHANGED on 15 follow. SHOWING, BONDAGE and HEADING are everyday picks.
15 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BESHADOWING tie at 13 points; none scores more. BEHIND, SHOWED and SHADOW will look familiar.
HOWBE scores highest among the 5-letter words made with BESHADOWING letters at 13 points, ahead of DHOWS and HAWED on 12. SHOWN, BADGE and WEIGH are the ones most people know.
DHOW, WHID and WHIG are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BESHADOWING, 11 points each. SHOW, DOWN and WISH will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from BESHADOWING, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. HAS, WHO and WEB are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BESHADOWING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with BE · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
BESHADOWING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. BESHADOWING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESHADOWING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 382) | 295 | 382 | 274 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
87 of the 382 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEDASHING, DEBOSHING, HAGDOWNS, SHOWDING, HAGDOWN, BEDAWINS, BOGHEAD, HAWSING, HEWINGS, OBEAHING, BEDAWIN, BEGNAWS and 75 more. 21 of the 382 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HOGSBANE, HONGIED, BOINGED, BAWNS, NEWBS, SHWA, AHING, BAWN, BEGAD, BISH, NEWB, AHED and 9 more.