Unscramble BUKSHEES and you have 72 words, BUKSHEES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BUKSHEES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 2 with 6, 9 with 5, 30 with 4, 21 with 3 and 8 with 2.
BUKSHEE is the only one of the 7-letter words made with BUKSHEES letters; it scores 16 points.
Of the 30 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BUKSHEES, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. BUSH, USES and SEEK are the ones most people know.
These 3 words have the length of BUKSHEES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with BU · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with HUSKS and SUKHS (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BUKSHEES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUKSHEES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 72) | 55 | 72 | 47 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
15 of the 72 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BUKSHEES, BUKSHEE, KESHES, BUKES, KESH, KUEH, BUKE, KEBS, KEB, EUKS, EUK, HUSS and 3 more. 10 of the 72 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SUKHS, SUKH, SUKS, BESES, EEK, SESH, SUK, BES, ESSE and SUS. 2 of the 72 answers are missing from Scrabble US: HEBES and HEBE.
This word takes every letter of BUKSHEES plus a single extra one.