Unscramble BESTAIN and you have 212 words, BESTAIN itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of BESTAIN are on the page: BANTIES, BASINET and BESAINT, each 9 points. 4 shorter words score 8, among them ABSENT, SABINE and BASNET. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of BESTAIN at once for 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50) or 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BESTAIN by length: 4 with 7 letters, 8 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
29 of 57 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BESTAIN tie at 7 points; none scores more. SAINT, BEAST and BASIN will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from BESTAIN; 41 of them share the top score of 6. BEST, EAST and BASE are everyday picks.
17 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BESTAIN tie at 5 points; none scores more. ITS, SET and NET will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of BESTAIN, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with BE · ending in IN · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BANTIES and BASINET (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: BESTAIN 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESTAIN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 212) | 166 | 210 | 154 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESAINT, BESTAIN, BASNET, ABIES, ABSIT, BANTS, BASEN, BASTI, BEINS, BENIS, BESAT, BESIT and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BAES, SEITAN, BAE, BES, TEINS, TIANS, NAES, ATS, EST, SAN, TES and TE, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT, 2 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of BESTAIN plus a single extra one.