237 words come out when you unscramble BROWNOUTS, starting with BROWNOUTS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BROWNOUT, 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BROWNOUTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
4 of 28 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BROWNOUTS tie at 11 points; none scores more. ROBUST, ROBOTS and BROWNS will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from BROWNOUTS, BOWRS, BROWN and BROWS tie for first at 10 points. BONUS, BOOTS and WORST are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from BROWNOUTS, the top score is 9, reached by 4. TOWN, BORN and SNOW are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words in BROWNOUTS is BOW, 8 points; NOW and OWN on 6 follow. NOT, BUT and OUT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BROWNOUTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BR · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
BROWNOUTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BROWNOUTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNOUTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 185 | 237 | 174 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WOOBUTS, BROWST, WOOBUT, BOWRS, BOWR, OUTWON, UNBOOTS, UNSTOW, WROOTS, BUROOS, ROWTS, STOWN and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BRUTS, NOOBS, OWTS, TSUBO, NOOB, OUTROS, OWT, NUTSO, OUTRO, ONO and ROO, 11 in all.