Unscramble BUDDLES to get 83 words. BUDDLES itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BUDDLE and DEBUDS lead with 10 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. BUDDLES as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from BUDDLES split into 1 with 7 letters, 3 with 6, 17 with 5, 32 with 4, 24 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Among 32 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BUDDLES, the top score is 7, reached by 7. USED, BLUE and BEDS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of BUDDLES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with BU · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
What BUDDLES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BUDDLES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUDDLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 83) | 64 | 83 | 59 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEBUDS, BLUDES, DEBUD, BLUDE, BLUDS, DEBUS, BLUD, BULSE, DUED, DULES, SLEB, DEUS and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LUBED, BES, LUDS, EDS and LUD, 5 in all.