Unscramble BOYSHORTS to get 199 words. BOYSHORTS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. BROTHY is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BOYSHORTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 21 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with BOYSHORTS letters: BORSHTS, 12 points.
The best of the 6-letter words in BOYSHORTS is BROTHY, 14 points; HOSTRY and SHORTY on 12 follow. SHORTS, ROBOTS and SHOOTS are everyday picks.
BOTHY tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BOYSHORTS at 13 points; next come HOOTY and HORSY on 11. STORY, SHORT and SHOTS will look familiar.
HOYS scores highest among the 4-letter words from BOYSHORTS at 10 points, ahead of BOHO and BOHS on 9. BOTH, TOYS and BOYS are the ones most people know.
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BROTHY (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts BOYSHORTS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYSHORTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 199) | 164 | 199 | 153 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOYSHORTS, HOSTRY, TOSHY, BOOHS, BOHS, BOOH, ORTHOS, RHY, ROYSTS, BOH, HOORS, ROYST and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BOHOS, BOHO, ROOTSY, HOSS, SOHS, HOO, HOS, SHO, SOH, ROOS and ROO, 11 in all.