Unscramble BILGEWATERS to get 383 words. BILGEWATERS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BILGEWATER leads with 16 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BILGEWATERS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 9 with 9, 41 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
BILGEWATER is the only one of the 10-letter words made with BILGEWATERS letters; it scores 16 points.
BREWAGES scores highest among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble BILGEWATERS at 14 points, ahead of BEWAILER and BLEWARTS on 13. EARLIEST and LIBERATE are the ones most people know.
Among the 7-letter words from BILGEWATERS, BREWAGE leads with 13 points, then BAWLERS and BAWTIES on 12. WEBSITE, SWEATER and WRESTLE are the familiar ones.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BILGEWATERS is BEWIGS, 12 points; BAWLER and BAWTIE on 11 follow. BEWARE, SEWAGE and BEAGLE are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words from BILGEWATERS, BEWIG leads with 11 points, then BAWLS and BAWRS on 10. WAGES, SEWER and BEIGE are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 4-letter words in BILGEWATERS tie at 9 points; none scores more. LAWS, BAGS and WAGE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with BILGEWATERS letters, BAW, WAB and WEB tie for first at 8 points. WAS, BIG and LAW are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BILGEWATERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with BI · ending in RS · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BEWAILERS, BRAWLIEST, BREWAGES, WARBLIEST and WRITEABLE (14 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BILGEWATERS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILGEWATERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 383) | 296 | 383 | 269 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TABLEWISE, BLEWARTS, WARBIEST, BLEWART, LEGWEARS, STREWAGE, WABSTER, BEWETS, GAWSIER, GLEBIEST, LEGWEAR, TALWEGS and 75 more, 87 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WARBLIEST, WRITEABLE, STEWABLE, BLEWITS, WEBSITE, BATGIRLS, BEAGLERS, BLEWIT, ABSEILER, BATGIRL, BEAGLER, BEIGEST and 15 more, 27 in all.