No word spells BESTIDEA. Unscramble BESTIDEA instead and you have 239 words, and the best are DIABETES and BEADIEST at 11 points each. The best shorter words score 10: 5 of them, DEBATES, BASTIDE and BEASTED included. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BESTIDEA split into 2 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
24 6-letter words from BESTIDEA; 14 of them share the top score of 9. DEBATE, SEATED and BIASED are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BESTIDEA, the top score is 8, reached by 16. BASED, IDEAS and DATES are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BESTIDEA tie at 7 points; none scores more. DATE, BEST and EDIT will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from BESTIDEA, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. SEE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of BESTIDEA, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with DI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BEADIEST and DIABETES (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BESTIDEA is not playable as it is in any of the three, yet its letters form 239 words that are.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESTIDEA itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 239) | 191 | 239 | 177 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BASTIDE, BEASTED, ABIETES, BESTAD, BEDES, BETED, BETID, DEBES, DIEBS, SEBATE, ABID, ABIES and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BEEDI, BESTIE, BAES, TASED, BAE, BES, DESI, DAS, EDS, ATS, DA, EST and 2 more, 14 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of BESTIDEA spell the words below.