Unscramble BIRDLIMES to get 245 words. BIRDLIMES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. BIRDLIME is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
B34I1R1D2L12I1M34E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BIRDLIMES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in BIRDLIMES: BIRDLIME, 13 points.
Of the 41 6-letter words from BIRDLIMES, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. DEBRIS, SMILED and BRIDES are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BIRDLIMES are led by BEDIM and IMBED, 10 points each. MILES, BIRDS and SMILE are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BIRDLIMES tie at 8 points; none scores more. BIRD, BIDS and MILE will look familiar.
MIB scores highest among the 3-letter words from BIRDLIMES at 7 points, ahead of BED and BID on 6. RED, LED and DIE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BIRDLIMES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
BIRDLIMES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BIRDLIMES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRDLIMES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 214 | 245 | 207 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 30 of them: DIMBLES, DISLIMB, DIMBLE, BIRSLED, BIRSED, BREIDS, BILED, BIRSLE, BREDS, BREID, DIEBS, IBERIS and 18 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: BRIDIES, BRIDIE, SMILIER, BIDIS, MILDS, BES, MES and EDS. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: DI.
This word takes every letter of BIRDLIMES plus a single extra one.