Unscramble BOLSTED and you get 162 words; BOLSTED itself is not one of them. The best is BOLDEST at 10 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BOLSTED by length: 1 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with BOLSTED letters: BOLDEST, for 10 points.
33 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BOLSTED; 6 of them share the top score of 8. BELTS, DEBTS and BOLTS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from BOLSTED, 9 score 7 points, the group's best. BEST, DOES and LOST are the ones most people know.
46 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BOLSTED; 4 of them share the top score of 6. SET, OLD and LET are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of BOLSTED for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with BO · ending in ST · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BOLDEST (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BOLSTED is not playable as it is in any of the three, yet its letters form 162 words that are.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLSTED itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 162) | 133 | 162 | 123 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BODLES, BODLE, BOETS, BOTES, DOBS, BOET, BOTE, DELOS, DOB, LOSED, SLEB, SOLDE and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DOBES, DOBE, DELTS, BES, DELT, OLDE, EDS, EST, TES and TE, 10 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of BOLSTED plus a single extra one.