Unscramble BONDSMEN to get 165 words. BONDSMEN itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BONDMEN leads with 12 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
B34O1N12D2S1M34E1N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BONDSMEN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 32 with 5, 56 with 4, 50 with 3 and 19 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in BONDSMEN: BONDMEN, 12 points.
DEMOB scores highest among the 5-letter words from BONDSMEN at 10 points, ahead of BESOM and MEBOS on 9. BONDS, MODES and NODES are the ones most people know.
MOBE and MOBS are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BONDSMEN, 8 points each. SOME, DOES and SEND will look familiar.
MOB scores highest among the 3-letter words from BONDSMEN at 7 points, ahead of BED and BOD on 6. ONE, END and MEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BONDSMEN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BO · ending in EN · all 8-letter words
What BONDSMEN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BONDSMEN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONDSMEN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 140 | 165 | 130 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MEBOS, MOBES, MOBE, MOSED, DOBS, DONNES, NEMNS, DOB, MOES, MOSE, NEMN, ONNED and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DOBES, NOMENS, DOBE, MEDS, EMOS, BES, EMO, MES, SOM and EDS, 10 in all.