Unscramble BLASHES and you have 133 words, BLASHES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BASHES, BELAHS and SAHEBS, 11 points each. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. BLASHES as a single 7-tile play makes 62 in Scrabble, 12 plus the 50 bonus, and 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BLASHES by length: 1 with 7 letters, 11 with 6, 34 with 5, 41 with 4, 31 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 34 5-letter words in BLASHES, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. SALES, BASES and BLESS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from BLASHES, BASH, BHEL and BLAH tie for first at 9 points. SALE, LESS and ABLE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BLASHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BL · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BASHES (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts BLASHES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLASHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 133) | 108 | 133 | 99 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BLASHES, BELAHS, SAHEBS, BELAH, BHELS, BLASH, HABLE, SAHEB, BHEL, HALSES, HALSE, BAELS and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BEALS, LAHS, SESH, AHS, BAES, BEAL, LAH, BAE and BES, 9 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of BLASHES plus a single extra one.