Unscramble BLUENOSES and you have 235 words, BLUENOSES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 5 of them, BONELESS, NOBLESSE and BLUENOSE included. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BLUENOSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 8 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BLUENOSES, 11 score 8 points, the group's best. LESSON, LENSES and BLOUSE are the ones most people know.
30 of 60 5-letter words from BLUENOSES tie at 7 points; none scores more. SENSE, BONUS and BLUES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with BLUENOSES letters, 30 score 6 points, the group's best. BEEN, LESS and BLUE are the ones most people know.
50 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BLUENOSES; 16 of them share the top score of 5. ONE, USE and SEE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BLUENOSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BL · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What BLUENOSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BLUENOSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUENOSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 235) | 185 | 234 | 172 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
50 of the 235 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NEBULES, UNBLESS, BULSES, NEBELS, BLEES, BOUNS, BULSE, LOBUS, NEBEL, NOUSLES, SLEBS, SNEBS and 38 more. 12 of the 235 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BELONS, BELON, BESES, UNSEES, BES, ESNES, SENES, ESNE, ESSE, LUNS, LUN and SUS. 1 of the 235 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LUESES.
These 2 words take every letter of BLUENOSES plus a single extra one.