Unscramble BOBTAILS to get 201 words. BOBTAILS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of BOBTAILS is on the page: BIOBLAST, each 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BOBTAILS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Of the 47 5-letter words from BOBTAILS, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. BOATS, BLAST and BOLTS are the ones most people know.
8 of 60 4-letter words made with BOBTAILS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. ALSO, LIST and LAST will look familiar.
ABB, BIB and BOB share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BOBTAILS. ITS, LOT and OIL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BOBTAILS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BO · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
BOBTAILS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BOBTAILS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOBTAILS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 201) | 160 | 201 | 151 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BIOBLAST, BOABS, BOBAS, ABBS, BOAB, BOBA, OBITAL, ABB, ABSIT, BASTI, BASTO, BITOS and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BALTIS, BALTI, OBAS, SOBA, LOTSA, OBA, LIAS, ATS and OI, 9 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of BOBTAILS plus a single extra one.