Unscramble BOWERBIRD and you have 177 words, BOWERBIRD itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BROWED and DRIBBER, 12 points each. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BOWERBIRD by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 21 with 6, 37 with 5, 48 with 4, 45 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
BROWED tops the 6-letter words made with BOWERBIRD letters at 12 points; next come BRIBED and DIBBER on 11. BORDER, ROBBED and RIBBED will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words from BOWERBIRD is BOWED, 11 points; BOWER and BOWIE on 10 follow. ORDER, WEIRD and RIDER are everyday picks.
BOWR, BREW and BROW are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BOWERBIRD, 9 points each. WORD, WIDE and WIRE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BOWERBIRD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BO · ending in RD · all 9-letter words
What BOWERBIRD means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BOWERBIRD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWERBIRD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 136 | 177 | 127 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: DRIBBER, DOBBIE, BOWIE, DOWIER, BEROB, BOWR, OWRIER, BORDE, BREID, DROW, OBIED, OWRIE and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: WORDIE, BIBE, BROIER, DOBE, OWIE, BIRO, EW, ROID and OI.
Each word below uses all the letters of BOWERBIRD and one more.