Unscramble BLACKBOY and you have 108 words, BLACKBOY itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. BLOCKY is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from BLACKBOY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 6, 14 with 5, 40 with 4, 36 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words in BLACKBOY: BLOCKY, for 17 points.
Among 40 4-letter words from BLACKBOY, the top score is 13, reached by 5. BACK, BABY and LACK are the familiar ones.
KAY, YAK and YOK share the top score of 10 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BLACKBOY. BAY, BOY and BOB are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BLACKBOY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BL · ending in OY · all 8-letter words
BLACKBOY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BLACKBOY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBOY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 108) | 90 | 108 | 82 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 18 of them: BOBAK, KYBO, BOBAC, BOAK, BLAY, BOK, KY, ALKO, BOAB, BOBA, CLY, ABB and 6 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: COKY, COLBY, OAKY, ACK, OK, CAL, LOC and OBA.
These 2 words take every letter of BLACKBOY plus a single extra one.