Unscramble BRAINWORK and you have 178 words, BRAINWORK itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, RIBWORK leads with 16 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BRAINWORK by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 27 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with BRAINWORK letters: IRONBARK, for 14 points.
AWORK tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BRAINWORK at 12 points; next come BOINK and BORAK on 11. BROWN, BRAIN and ARROW will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from BRAINWORK is BAWK, 13 points; KNOW and WANK on 11 follow. WORK, BANK and RANK are everyday picks.
4 of 60 3-letter words in BRAINWORK tie at 10 points; none scores more. NOW, OWN and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BRAINWORK but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BR · ending in RK · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; IRONBARK (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BRAINWORK is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAINWORK itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 133 | 178 | 118 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: BRAINWORK, RIBWORK, INWORK, AWORK, BORAK, KOBAN, NIKAB, AWK, BINK, BOAK, BRAK, BRIK and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: BAWK, BOINK, WANK, BORK, BAWN, KARRI, KORA, KORI, KRAI, OIK, KI, OK and 3 more.
This word takes every letter of BRAINWORK plus a single extra one.