Unscramble BOLLOXING and you have 120 words, BOLLOXING itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
B34O1L12L12O1X8I1N12G23
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BOLLOXING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 14 with 6, 14 with 5, 36 with 4, 38 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
36 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BOLLOXING; 8 of them share the top score of 7. LONG, BLOG and BILL are everyday picks.
BOX tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BOLLOXING at 12 points; next come GOX on 11 and LOX on 10. BIG, LOG and OIL will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BOLLOXING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BO · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What BOLLOXING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BOLLOXING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLLOXING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 120) | 96 | 120 | 83 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOLIX, BOOLING, NOX, LOBING, GLOBI, GOBI, LOLIGO, BOOL, LOBI, LOLOG, BOI, BON and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INBOX, BLING, BING, BIOG, BLOG, OLINGO, LOGIN, LOGON, NOOB, LILO, GI, ONO and 1 more, 13 in all.