130 words come out when you unscramble BOBSTAYS, starting with BOBSTAYS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BATBOYS and BOBSTAY, 14 points each. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
B34O1B34S1T1A1Y43S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BOBSTAYS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 27 with 5, 44 with 4, 35 with 3 and 16 with 2.
TABBY tops the 5-letter words from BOBSTAYS at 12 points; next come ABYSS and BASSY on 10. BOATS, STAYS and BOAST will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BOBSTAYS, BABY leads with 11 points, then ABYS and BAYS on 9. SAYS, TOYS and STAY are the familiar ones.
These 2 words have the length of BOBSTAYS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with BO · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
BOBSTAYS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. BOBSTAYS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOBSTAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 110 | 130 | 100 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 20 of them: BAYTS, BAYT, BOABS, BOBAS, ABBS, BASTOS, BOAB, BOBA, TOSSY, ABB, BASTO, TAYS and 8 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: OATY, SOBAS, OBAS, SOBA, YAS, OBA, TASSO, TOSAS, TOSA and ATS.