Unscramble BORTSCHES and you have 291 words, BORTSCHES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BORTSCHES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 27 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
5 of 27 7-letter words in BORTSCHES tie at 14 points; none scores more. SECTORS, ESCORTS and TORCHES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BORTSCHES, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. SCORES, HORSES and SHORTS are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words from BORTSCHES are led by BOCHE, BOTCH and BROCH, 12 points each. OTHER, SHORT and SHOES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with BORTSCHES letters, 16 score 9 points, the group's best. BEST, BOTH and TECH are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BORTSCHES; 6 of them share the top score of 8. HOT, SEC and ROB are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BORTSCHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BORSCHES, BORSCHTS and BOTCHERS (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BORTSCHES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORTSCHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 291) | 236 | 289 | 209 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
53 of the 291 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BORTSCHES, BORTSCH, BROCHES, BOSHTER, ROCHES, SCROBES, CORBES, COTHS, SCROBE, SECHS, TOSHERS, BESORTS and 41 more. 29 of the 291 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BROCHS, BROCH, OCHES, SCROBS, TECHS, ECHT, HOSERS, OCHE, SCROB, TECH, BOSSER, HOSER and 17 more. 2 of the 291 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: BOCHES and BOCHE.