Unscramble BESTAD to get 111 words. BESTAD itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 10 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of BESTAD is on the page: BASTED, each 9 points. The best shorter words score 8: 5 of them, BASED, BEADS and DEBTS included. 6 letters: 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BESTAD split into 2 with 6 letters, 20 with 5, 39 with 4, 34 with 3 and 16 with 2.
8 of 39 4-letter words from BESTAD tie at 7 points; none scores more. DATE, BEST and EAST will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BESTAD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with BE · ending in AD · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BASTED (9 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: BESTAD is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESTAD itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 111) | 98 | 111 | 86 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESTAD, BESAT, TEADS, DAES, STED, TAED, TEAD, DAE, SED, TAES, EAS, EA and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BAES, TASED, BAE, BES, DAS, EDS, TASE, ATS, DA, EST, TES and TE, 12 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of BESTAD plus a single extra one.