Unscramble BOLETUSES and you have 250 words, BOLETUSES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, TUBELESS and OUTBLESS lead with 10 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BOLETUSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 17 with 2.
25 of 46 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BOLETUSES tie at 8 points; none scores more. SUBTLE, SUBSET and BLOUSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from BOLETUSES, 42 score 7 points, the group's best. BLUES, LOTUS and TUBES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BOLETUSES; 35 of them share the top score of 6. BEST, LESS and BLUE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BOLETUSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
BOLETUSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BOLETUSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLETUSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 211 | 249 | 193 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OBESEST, BETOSS, BOSSET, BULSES, BETES, BLEES, BOETS, BOTES, BULSE, LOBUS, OSSELET, SETULES and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BUSTEES, BOULTS, BUSTEE, TSUBOS, BESES, BOULT, BUTES, TSUBO, SUETES, BES, ESSE, ESTS and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LUESES.
With one more tile, the letters of BOLETUSES spell the words below.