80 words come out when you unscramble BOWSIES, starting with BOWSIES itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BOWSES and BOWSIE, 11 points each. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of BOWSIES in one turn: 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50), 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BOWSIES by length: 1 with 7 letters, 3 with 6, 10 with 5, 23 with 4, 27 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Keep every letter of BOWSIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BO · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BOWSES (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: BOWSIES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWSIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 80) | 62 | 80 | 57 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOWSIES, BOWSIE, BOWES, BOWIE, BOSIES, SOWSE, SWIES, BOSIE, BOIS, BOI, OBS, ISOS and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OWIES, OWIE, BES, EW and OI, 5 in all.