Unscramble BEWILDERMENT to get 350 words. BEWILDERMENT itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BEWILDERMENT split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 23 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with BEWILDERMENT letters: WILDERMENT, for 16 points.
BEWILDER, DWEEBIER and WELDMENT share the top score of 14 among the 8-letter words from BEWILDERMENT.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble BEWILDERMENT, WIMBLED leads with 15 points, then WIMBREL on 14 and ENMEWED on 13. BETWEEN, RENEWED and BLENDER are the familiar ones.
WIMBLE tops the 6-letter words from BEWILDERMENT at 13 points; next come BREWED and MEWLED on 12. TIMBER, NEWBIE and BINDER will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words in BEWILDERMENT, BEDEW, DWEEB and MEWED tie for first at 11 points. BLIND, WEIRD and BLEND are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words made with BEWILDERMENT letters, WEMB leads with 11 points, then BLEW and BREW on 9. WERE, WIDE and MIND are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BEWILDERMENT, MEW, WEB and WEM tie for first at 8 points. NEW, END and MEN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BEWILDERMENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with BE · ending in NT · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WIMBLED (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BEWILDERMENT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEWILDERMENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 350) | 278 | 350 | 260 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 72 of them: WIMBREL, BRIDEMEN, ENMEWED, INTERWEB, WILDMEN, BEMETED, BETIMED, REMBLED, TWEEDLER, BELTMEN, BEWENT, DIMBLE and 60 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: DWEEBIER, WEEDLINE, BEDLINER, BERMED, BLEWIT, NEWBIE, BENDIER, DEMENTI, DEMINER, TWEENER, TWEENIE, NEWB and 6 more.
This word takes every letter of BEWILDERMENT plus a single extra one.