Unscramble BUCKIES and you have 74 words, BUCKIES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. BUCKIE is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of BUCKIES at once for 65 in Scrabble (15 + 50) or 53 in Words With Friends (18 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BUCKIES by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 10 with 5, 28 with 4, 26 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of BUCKIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BU · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BECKS and BUCKS (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BUCKIES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 74) | 59 | 74 | 52 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 15 of them: BUCKIES, BUCKIE, BUIKS, BUKES, BUIK, BUKE, KEBS, KEB, EIKS, EUKS, SEIK, EIK and 3 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: KUBIES, KUBIE, ICKS, KIS, SUK, KI and BES.