159 words come out when you unscramble BUSHINESS, starting with BUSHINESS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. BUSHIES is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BUSHINESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 14 with 6, 27 with 5, 55 with 4, 40 with 3 and 16 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in BUSHINESS: BUSINESS, 10 points.
Of the 27 5-letter words from BUSHINESS, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. ISSUE, BUSES and SHINE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with BUSHINESS letters, BISH, BUSH and HUBS tie for first at 9 points. USES, SINS and NESS are everyday picks.
HUB scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BUSHINESS at 8 points, ahead of EHS and HEN on 6. USE, SUN and BIN are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BUSHINESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with BU · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
BUSHINESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BUSHINESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSHINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 119 | 159 | 109 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
40 of the 159 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BUSHIE, NEBISH, SHINESS, SNUSHES, HUSSES, NISHES, ISHES, SNUSH, BEINS, BENIS, EISH, HUIS and 28 more. 10 of the 159 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BUSHIES, BISHES, BISH, SESH, SHEN, BES, SUSES, UNIS, SUS and UNI.
With one more tile, the letters of BUSHINESS spell the words below.