Unscramble BLUDGES and you have 132 words, BLUDGES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 10, among them BULGED, BLUDGE and BUDGES. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of BLUDGES in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BLUDGES split into 1 with 7 letters, 9 with 6, 29 with 5, 47 with 4, 38 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words in BLUDGES, BUDGE and DEBUG tie for first at 9 points. BLUES, GLUED and BULGE are everyday picks.
Among 47 4-letter words from BLUDGES, the top score is 7, reached by 10. USED, BLUE and LEGS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BLUDGES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BL · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
What BLUDGES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BLUDGES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUDGES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 132) | 101 | 132 | 94 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
31 of the 132 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BLUDES, BLUDE, BLUDS, DEBUS, BLUD, BULSE, DEGUS, GUBS, DEGS, DEGU, DULES, GUB and 19 more. 7 of the 132 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BLUDGES, BLUDGE, LUBED, BES, LUDS, EDS and LUD.
Each word below uses all the letters of BLUDGES and one more.