202 words come out when you unscramble BOUNTEOUS, starting with BOUNTEOUS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 5 of them, BOONEST, BOUTONS and OBENTOS included. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BOUNTEOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 10 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
26 of 47 5-letter words from BOUNTEOUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. NOTES, STONE and BONUS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BOUNTEOUS, 34 score 6 points, the group's best. BEST, NOTE and SOON are the ones most people know.
56 3-letter words made with BOUNTEOUS letters; 19 of them share the top score of 5. NOT, BUT and ONE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BOUNTEOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BOONEST, BOUTONS, OBENTOS and SUBTONE (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BOUNTEOUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOUNTEOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 202) | 166 | 202 | 148 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
36 of the 202 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNBOOTS, BOTONE, UNBOOT, BOETS, BOOSE, BOTES, BOUNS, UNSOOTE, BOET, BOTE, BOUN, OBOS and 24 more. 18 of the 202 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BOONEST, OBENTOS, BENTOS, OBENTO, BENTO, BUTES, NOOBS, TSUBO, UNSUB, NOOB, BES, NUTSO and 6 more.