Unscramble BOARDIES to get 283 words. BOARDIES itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. 8 shorter words score 10, among them SIDEBAR, BRAISED and SEABIRD. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BOARDIES split into 1 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Among 60 6-letter words made with BOARDIES letters, the top score is 9, reached by 36. BOARDS, RAISED and BODIES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BOARDIES, 45 score 8 points, the group's best. BASED, BOARD and ADOBE are the ones most people know.
27 of 60 4-letter words from BOARDIES tie at 7 points; none scores more. BASE, BEAR and BARS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BOARDIES, 8 score 6 points, the group's best. RED, BAD and BAR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BOARDIES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ABIDERS, BORIDES, BRAISED, DARBIES, DISROBE, SEABIRD and SIDEBAR (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BOARDIES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOARDIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 283) | 224 | 283 | 207 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOARDIES, BARDIES, ABORDS, BARDIE, BARDOS, BIRSED, BORDES, BRAIDE, BREIDS, DORBAS, ABORD, BARDO and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ADORBS, BOREAS, DOBES, RADIOES, BIROS, DOBE, BAES, BIRO, OBAS, BAE, BES, OBA and 5 more, 17 in all.
These 5 words take every letter of BOARDIES plus a single extra one.