Unscramble BUMBOY and you have 33 words, BUMBOY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. MOBBY is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 6 letters, 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
B34U12M34B34O1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BUMBOY by length: 1 with 6 letters, 2 with 5, 6 with 4, 12 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Keep every letter of BUMBOY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with BU · ending in OY · all 6-letter words
BUMBOY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BUMBOY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUMBOY itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 33) | 24 | 32 | 23 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 9 of them: MOBBY, BUMBO, MOBY, MOY, OMBU, MOU, YU, OB and OU. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: BUMBOY.
This word takes every letter of BUMBOY plus a single extra one.