Unscramble BRONCHIOLE and you have 295 words, BRONCHIOLE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. REBLOCHON is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BRONCHIOLE split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 2 with 8, 25 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
4 of 25 7-letter words from BRONCHIOLE tie at 14 points; none scores more. CHOLINE will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BRONCHIOLE, the top score is 13, reached by 5. COOLER, BOILER and HEROIN are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BRONCHIOLE tie at 12 points; none scores more. COLOR, HONOR and CLONE will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from BRONCHIOLE, CHIB leads with 11 points, then BHEL and BOHO on 9. BORN, RICH and HIRE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in BRONCHIOLE, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. BIN, ICE and CON are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BRONCHIOLE but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BIRCHEN, BRIOCHE, BRONCHI and BRONCHO (14 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BRONCHIOLE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONCHIOLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 295) | 231 | 292 | 208 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
63 of the 295 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: REBLOCHON, BROCHO, CHIBOL, COEHORN, HOLONIC, BREHON, CHIB, COHORN, NICHER, NOCHEL, ORCHEL, CHIRL and 51 more. 24 of the 295 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CORNHOLE, BLECH, BROCH, INCHER, CHOIL, CHOLI, COHOE, LOCHE, NOCEBO, BOHO, BONCE, OCHE and 12 more. 2 of the 295 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: CHOLO and COOLIE. 1 of the 295 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: BOCHE.
This word takes every letter of BRONCHIOLE plus a single extra one.