Unscramble BILLYOH and you have 45 words, BILLYOH itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. HOLILY is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. BILLYOH as a single 7-tile play makes 65 in Scrabble, 15 plus the 50 bonus, and 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
B34I1L12L12Y43O1H43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BILLYOH by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 4 with 5, 11 with 4, 14 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Keep every letter of BILLYOH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BI · ending in OH · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HOLILY (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BILLYOH is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILLYOH itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 45) | 36 | 45 | 34 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BILLYOH, BILLYO, BOH, HOI, LOBI, LOY, BOI, OB and IO, 9 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LILO and OI, 2 in all.
This word takes every letter of BILLYOH plus a single extra one.