Unscramble BILGEWATER and you have 295 words, BILGEWATER itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WRITEABLE leads with 14 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BILGEWATER by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in BILGEWATER: WRITEABLE, for 14 points.
BREWAGE tops the 7-letter words from BILGEWATER at 13 points; next come BLEWART and BRAWLIE on 12. ATELIER will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BILGEWATER, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. TRIBAL, REBATE and BEWARE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words made with BILGEWATER letters is BEWIG, 11 points; BEWET and BRAWL on 10 follow. WATER, WRITE and BEIGE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BILGEWATER, the top score is 9, reached by 7. WERE, ABLE and WAIT are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words from BILGEWATER, WAB and WEB tie for first at 8 points. GET, BIG and LAW are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BILGEWATER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with BI · ending in ER · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by WRITEABLE (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. BILGEWATER is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILGEWATER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 295) | 229 | 295 | 212 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BLEWART, LEGWEAR, BEWET, GLEBIER, TALWEG, WALTIER, ABREGE, ATWEEL, BAWR, BEATIER, BEGILT, BEIGEL and 54 more, 66 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WRITEABLE, BLEWIT, BATGIRL, BEAGLER, BEIGER, WALIER, TWEER, WALIE, BALTI, BLAG, WALI, WETA and 5 more, 17 in all.
This word takes every letter of BILGEWATER plus a single extra one.