Unscramble BOILERPLATES and you have 445 words, BOILERPLATES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. BOILERPLATE is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BOILERPLATES split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 6 with 10, 36 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 41 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with BOILERPLATES letters: BOILERPLATE, for 15 points.
BILLPOSTER, POTBELLIES and SPITBALLER share the top score of 14 among the 10-letter words in BOILERPLATES.
6 of 36 9-letter words from BOILERPLATES tie at 13 points; none scores more. PORTABLES and TOLERABLE will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble BOILERPLATES, 17 score 12 points, the group's best. PORTABLE, OPERATES and LIBERALS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 7-letter words in BOILERPLATES, the top score is 11, reached by 21. PROBATE, BIPOLAR and BALLOTS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with BOILERPLATES letters, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. BALLOT, BALLET and ASLEEP are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BOILERPLATES; 13 of them share the top score of 9. BEARS, BEAST and BALLS are everyday picks.
10 of 60 4-letter words from BOILERPLATES tie at 8 points; none scores more. BEST, ABLE and BILL will look familiar.
BAP and BOP share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words in BOILERPLATES. BIT, BAR and PET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BOILERPLATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with BO · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 5 highest-scoring answers, starting with BILLPOSTER, POTBELLIES and SPITBALLER (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BOILERPLATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOILERPLATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 445) | 345 | 444 | 310 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
100 of the 445 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEPLASTER, PERIBLAST, REBAPTISE, SPORTABLE, BAPTISER, BEPEARLS, BEPRAISE, BIOPLAST, BOLLETRIES, PALLETISER, ROPEABLE, BALLOTEES and 88 more. 34 of the 445 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BILLPOSTER, POSEABLE, APOSTILLE, EPILATORS, POSABLE, SELLOTAPE, ABSEILER, BALLIEST, BLEAREST, BRILLEST, EPILATES, EPILATOR and 22 more. 1 of the 445 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: SPITBALLER.