159 words come out when you unscramble BOUGHTEN, starting with BOUGHTEN itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BOUGHT leads with 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34O1U12G23H43T1E1N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BOUGHTEN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 21 with 5, 45 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
BOUGH tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BOUGHTEN at 11 points; next come BUTOH on 10 and GOETH on 9. TOUGH, BEGUN and THONG will look familiar.
BETH, BHUT and BOTH share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words from BOUGHTEN. THEN, NOTE and HUGE are the ones most people know.
BOH, HOB and HUB are the top 3-letter words from BOUGHTEN, 8 points each. NOT, BUT and ONE will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of BOUGHTEN, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with BO · ending in EN · all 8-letter words
What BOUGHTEN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BOUGHTEN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOUGHTEN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 129 | 159 | 121 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
30 of the 159 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNBEGOT, BOUGET, HOGEN, BOGUE, BOH, BOUGE, EUGH, HOTEN, UNETH, BEGO, HOTE, HOUT and 18 more. 8 of the 159 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BUTOH, GOETH, GOTH, BENTO, TEGU, NEG, NUG and TE.