Unscramble BOTTLENOSE and you have 265 words, BOTTLENOSE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is OBSOLETE, 10 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BOTTLENOSE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 20 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among 20 7-letter words made with BOTTLENOSE letters, the top score is 9, reached by 10. BOTTLES is the familiar one.
24 of 44 6-letter words from BOTTLENOSE tie at 8 points; none scores more. BOTTLE, STOLEN and SETTLE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BOTTLENOSE, 43 score 7 points, the group's best. BOOTS, BOOST and NOBLE are the ones most people know.
42 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BOTTLENOSE tie at 6 points; none scores more. BEEN, BEST and LENS will look familiar.
Of the 59 3-letter words from BOTTLENOSE, 16 score 5 points, the group's best. NOT, ONE and SEE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BOTTLENOSE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with BO · ending in SE · all 10-letter words
What BOTTLENOSE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BOTTLENOSE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOTTLENOSE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 265) | 214 | 265 | 190 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEENTOS, BEENTO, BENETS, BOTONE, BOTTES, LOBOSE, NEBELS, SOBOLE, BENET, BETES, BLEES, BOETS and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BOTTLENOSE, BOONEST, BOTNETS, OBENTOS, BELONS, BENTOS, BOTNET, NOTELETS, OBENTO, BELON, BENTO, NOOBS and 12 more, 24 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of BOTTLENOSE and one more.