Unscramble BILLBOARD and you have 184 words, BILLBOARD itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 14 points: BROADBILL. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
B34I1L12L12B34O1A1R1D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BILLBOARD by length: 2 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 9 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words from BILLBOARD, BILBO and RABBI tie for first at 9 points. BOARD, RADIO and LABOR are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from BILLBOARD, the top score is 8, reached by 5. ROAD, BILL and LORD are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words in BILLBOARD, ABB, BIB and BOB tie for first at 7 points. ALL, OLD and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BILLBOARD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BI · ending in RD · all 9-letter words
What BILLBOARD means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BILLBOARD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILLBOARD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 184) | 147 | 184 | 134 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
37 of the 184 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIBBARD, BILOBAR, LABRID, ABORD, BARDO, BOAB, BOBA, DORBA, ABB, ABID, BLAD, BORD and 25 more. 13 of the 184 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BROADBILL, BRILLO, BIRO, RABI, LOID, OBA, ROID, ODA, ARO, DA, LOR, RAI and 1 more.
These 2 words take every letter of BILLBOARD plus a single extra one.