Unscramble BUSTINESS to get 225 words. BUSTINESS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BUSINESS and SUBSITES, 10 points each. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BUSTINESS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 17 with 2.
26 6-letter words from BUSTINESS; 8 of them share the top score of 8. ISSUES, SUITES and TISSUE are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BUSTINESS, the top score is 7, reached by 21. SITES, ISSUE and UNITS are the familiar ones.
32 of 60 4-letter words made with BUSTINESS letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. SITE, BEST and SENT will look familiar.
Of the 48 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BUSTINESS, 15 score 5 points, the group's best. BUT, USE and ITS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BUSTINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BU · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
BUSTINESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BUSTINESS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSTINESS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 178 | 223 | 164 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
47 of the 225 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESITS, BESTIS, BUISTS, BUSTIS, BEINS, BENIS, BESIT, BESTI, BUIST, BUSTI, INTUSES, SENSIST and 35 more. 14 of the 225 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BUSTINESS, BUTES, TUSSES, BES, SENTS, SUSES, TEINS, ESTS, EST, SUS, TES, UNI and 2 more. 2 of the 225 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.
These 2 words take every letter of BUSTINESS plus a single extra one.