179 words come out when you unscramble BURDIES, starting with BURDIES itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of BURDIES is on the page: BRUISED, each 10 points. The best shorter words score 9: 13 of them, BURIED, DEBRIS and BRIDES included. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of BURDIES in one turn: 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50), 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BURDIES split into 2 with 7 letters, 19 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Of the 39 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BURDIES, 16 score 8 points, the group's best. BIRDS, BRIDE and RIDES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from BURDIES, the top score is 7, reached by 15. USED, SIDE and SURE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of BURDIES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with BU · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The meaning of BURDIES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BURDIES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURDIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 139 | 179 | 132 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
40 of the 179 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BIRSED, BREIDS, SURBED, BREDS, BREID, BUDIS, DEBUS, DIEBS, BREIS, BRISE, BUDI, DIEB and 28 more. 7 of the 179 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEBURS, DEBUR, DISEUR, URSID, BES, DESI and EDS.
These 10 words take every letter of BURDIES plus a single extra one.