Unscramble BLOCKBUST to get 155 words. BLOCKBUST itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
B34L12O1C34K5B34U12S1T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BLOCKBUST split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 35 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with BLOCKBUST letters: SUBBLOCK, 18 points.
4 of 40 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BLOCKBUST tie at 13 points; none scores more. STOCK, BLOCK and CLUBS will look familiar.
BOCK and BUCK share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words from BLOCKBUST. COST, CLUB and LOST are the ones most people know.
These 3 words have the length of BLOCKBUST, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with BL · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
What BLOCKBUST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BLOCKBUST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOCKBUST itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 155) | 128 | 155 | 115 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
27 of the 155 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOUKS, BOKS, BOUK, BOK, OULKS, SLUBB, TOUKS, LUSK, OUKS, OULK, TOUK, CLOUS and 15 more. 13 of the 155 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BLOCKBUST, BUCKOS, TOCKS, TOCK, BOULTS, SKOL, BOULT, SUK, TSUBO, LOCS, OK, LOC and 1 more.
This word takes every letter of BLOCKBUST plus a single extra one.