163 words come out when you unscramble BOOKLOUSE, starting with BOOKLOUSE itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
B34O1O1K5L12O1U12S1E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BOOKLOUSE split into 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 39 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
10 of 39 5-letter words made with BOOKLOUSE letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. BOOKS, LOOKS and BLUES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BOOKLOUSE, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. BOOK, LOOK and BLUE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BOOKLOUSE for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with BO · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
What BOOKLOUSE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BOOKLOUSE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOKLOUSE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 163) | 113 | 163 | 106 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: BLOOKS, BLOOK, BOKES, BOKOS, BOUKS, BUKES, BOKE, BOKO, BOKS, BOUK, BUKE, KEBS and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: EBOOKS, EBOOK, KOBOS, SKOL, SUK, OK and BES.