101 words come out when you unscramble BUSKING, starting with BUSKING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BUSKIN, 12 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. BUSKING as a single 7-tile play makes 64 in Scrabble, 14 plus the 50 bonus, and 53 in Words With Friends (18 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BUSKING by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 12 with 5, 39 with 4, 36 with 3 and 11 with 2.
6 of 39 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BUSKING tie at 10 points; none scores more. SIGN, KING and SKIN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BUSKING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BU · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
BUSKING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BUSKING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSKING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 101) | 78 | 101 | 67 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 23 of them: BINKS, BUIKS, KNUBS, BINK, BUIK, KNUB, SKUG, BINGS, GIBUS, GUBS, SIK, GUB and 11 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: BING, KIS, SUK, KI, NUGS, GIS, NUG, SIG, UNIS, GI and UNI.
These 4 words take every letter of BUSKING plus a single extra one.