311 words come out when you unscramble BESTAINED, starting with BESTAINED itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: BESAINTED. 5 shorter words score 11, among them DIABETES, ABSENTED and BANDIEST. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BESTAINED by length: 2 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 32 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
32 7-letter words you get when you unscramble BESTAINED; 9 of them share the top score of 10. INSTEAD, DEBATES and STAINED are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from BESTAINED, the top score is 9, reached by 19. DEBATE, ABSENT and NESTED are the familiar ones.
20 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BESTAINED tie at 8 points; none scores more. BASED, BANDS and BEAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from BESTAINED, 18 score 7 points, the group's best. BEEN, BEST and BASE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words in BESTAINED, the top score is 6, reached by 6. END, BAD and BIT are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of BESTAINED, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ABSENTED, BANDIEST, BEADIEST, BENDIEST and DIABETES (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BESTAINED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESTAINED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 311) | 235 | 309 | 218 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
76 of the 311 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESAINTED, BESTAINED, BASTIDE, BEASTED, BIDENTS, ABIETES, BANTED, BEINED, BESAINT, BESTAD, BESTAIN, BIDENT and 64 more. 17 of the 311 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BANDIEST, BENDIEST, BEEDI, BESTIE, NIDATES, SATINED, IDENTS, NIDATE, BAES, BAE, BES, DAN and 5 more. 2 of the 311 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.
With one more tile, the letters of BESTAINED spell the words below.