Unscramble BLACKTAIL and you have 136 words, BLACKTAIL itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from BLACKTAIL split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 21 with 5, 50 with 4, 41 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with BLACKTAIL letters: TAILBACK, for 16 points.
Among the 4-letter words from BLACKTAIL, BACK leads with 12 points, then BALK and BILK on 10. CALL, BILL and TALK are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of BLACKTAIL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with BL · ending in IL · all 9-letter words
BLACKTAIL first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BLACKTAIL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKTAIL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 136) | 104 | 136 | 97 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALTIC, AKITA, KATAL, KIAAT, LAIKA, TALAK, ABAC, BALLAT, CABA, KAAL, KALI, KATI and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ALLIAK, ACK, BALTI, ACAI, CLIT, KI and CAL, 7 in all.
This word takes every letter of BLACKTAIL plus a single extra one.