Unscramble BITWISE and you have 60 words, BITWISE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of BITWISE in one turn: 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50), 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
B34I1T1W4I1S1E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BITWISE by length: 1 with 7 letters, 4 with 5, 22 with 4, 21 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Keep every letter of BITWISE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BI · ending in SE · all 7-letter words
BITWISE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BITWISE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BITWISE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 60) | 51 | 60 | 45 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESIT, BESTI, EWTS, BIST, EWT, IWI, ISIT, STIE and ST, 9 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BITWISE, BES, EW, EST, TES and TE, 6 in all.