Unscramble BOOKENDS and you have 186 words, BOOKENDS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BOOKEND leads with 14 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from BOOKENDS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 14 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BOOKENDS, BOKED leads with 12 points, then BOKES and BOKOS on 11. BOOKS, BONDS and NODES are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words from BOOKENDS tie at 10 points; none scores more. BOOK, DOES and DONE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with BOOKENDS letters, BOK, KEB and KOB tie for first at 9 points. ONE, END and BED are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BOOKENDS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The meaning of BOOKENDS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BOOKENDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOKENDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 131 | 186 | 117 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOKED, BOKES, BOKOS, DONKOS, KONDOS, SNOKED, SOOKED, BOKE, BOKO, BOKS, DOEKS, DONKO and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EBOOKS, EBOOK, KOBOS, SKED, DOBES, DOOBS, DOBE, DOOB, NOOBS, NOOB, OK, BES and 2 more, 14 in all.