Unscramble BOUGHLESS to get 249 words. BOUGHLESS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SLOEBUSH leads with 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BOUGHLESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in BOUGHLESS: SLOEBUSH, for 13 points.
BOUGHS scores highest among the 6-letter words from BOUGHLESS at 12 points, ahead of BOSHES and BUSHEL on 11. HOUSES, GLOBES and BUSHES are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BOUGHLESS, BOUGH leads with 11 points, then BHELS and BLUSH on 10. HOUSE, SHOES and BLOGS are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BOUGHLESS tie at 9 points; none scores more. BLOG, BLUE and BUSH will look familiar.
BOH, HOB and HUB share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words from BOUGHLESS. LOG, SUB and BUS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BOUGHLESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BO · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
BOUGHLESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BOUGHLESS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOUGHLESS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 189 | 249 | 174 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SLOEBUSH, SEGHOLS, BHELS, GLEBOUS, SEGHOL, BHEL, BOGUES, BOHS, BOUGES, EUGHS, GLOBUS, LEUGH and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BOUGHLESS, HUBLESS, SHLUBS, SHLUB, BLOGS, BLOG, HOSS, SESH, SOHS, HOS, SHO, SOH and 3 more, 15 in all.