149 words come out when you unscramble BLACKBIRD, starting with BLACKBIRD itself: 20 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
B34L12A1C34K5B34I1R1D2
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BLACKBIRD by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 22 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 14 with 2.
BALDRICK is the only one of the 8-letter words in BLACKBIRD; it scores 17 points.
BACK tops the 4-letter words made with BLACKBIRD letters at 12 points; next come DACK and DICK on 11. CARD, DARK and LACK will look familiar.
ACK, ICK and KAB share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BLACKBIRD. CAR, AIR and BAD are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BLACKBIRD for another and you can spell this word:
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BLACKBIRD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BLACKBIRD works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBIRD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 122 | 149 | 114 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BRACK, DRACK, LIBBARD, DACK, BRAK, BRIK, KRAB, DIKA, KAID, KILD, LABRID, CALID and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ACK, KRAI, CRIA, KI, RABI, CAL, DA and RAI, 8 in all.
This word takes every letter of BLACKBIRD plus a single extra one.