Unscramble BIRTHDAYS and you have 236 words, BIRTHDAYS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
B34I1R1T1H43D2A1Y43S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BIRTHDAYS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 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 BIRTHDAYS: BIRTHDAY, 17 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BIRTHDAYS, HYBRID leads with 15 points, then BRASHY and HYBRIS on 14. HABITS, BIRTHS and THIRDS are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 5-letter words from BIRTHDAYS tie at 12 points; none scores more. THIRD, BIRTH and BIRDS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BIRTHDAYS, the top score is 10, reached by 5. DAYS, HARD and HAIR are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from BIRTHDAYS, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. HAS, HAD and DAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BIRTHDAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BI · ending in YS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of BIRTHDAYS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BIRTHDAYS, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHDAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 196 | 235 | 191 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRIBADY, BARDY, BARISH, RYBATS, TASBIH, BAYTS, BHAIS, BHATS, BIRSY, DAITHS, RYBAT, THRIDS and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BRITHS, BRITH, HIYA, BISH, DRYAS, AHIS, YAS and DAS, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US: SYRAH and DI, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: BIRDY.
Each word below uses all the letters of BIRTHDAYS and one more.