165 words come out when you unscramble BUCCANEER, starting with BUCCANEER itself: 15 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34U12C34C34A1N12E1E1R1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BUCCANEER by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 10 with 6, 25 with 5, 56 with 4, 51 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
7 of 56 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BUCCANEER tie at 8 points; none scores more. BEEN, CARE and NEAR will look familiar.
The 3-letter words made with BUCCANEER letters are led by BAC, CAB and CUB, 7 points each. ARE, CAN and CAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BUCCANEER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BU · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
What BUCCANEER means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BUCCANEER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCCANEER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 121 | 165 | 115 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BERCEAU, CARBEEN, CARBENE, CREANCE, CRUBEEN, CUBANE, ABCEE, BUNCE, CABRE, ECCE, ENRACE, UNBARE and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BANC, BUNA, ARENE, BAE, CRU and NARE, 6 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of BUCCANEER spell the words below.