Unscramble BODYSHELL and you have 218 words, BODYSHELL itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
B34O1D2Y43S1H43E1L12L12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from BODYSHELL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 16 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with BODYSHELL letters: BEHOLDS, 13 points.
The 5-letter words from BODYSHELL are led by HOYED and YODHS, 12 points each. HELLO, DOLLS and SHELL are the familiar ones.
HYED and YODH are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BODYSHELL, 11 points each. BODY, HELD and HOLD will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with BODYSHELL letters, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. OLD, YES and BED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BODYSHELL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BO · ending in LL · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BOLSHY (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BODYSHELL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BODYSHELL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 168 | 218 | 155 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BODYSHELL, DEBOSH, HOYED, BOYED, BYDES, HYED, HYLES, BHELS, BLEYS, BYDE, HEYS, HYES and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOSEY, DHOLLS, DHOLL, DOBES, DOHS, DOSH, DOBE, DOH, HOS, SHO, SOH, BES and 1 more, 13 in all.
This word takes every letter of BODYSHELL plus a single extra one.