17 words come out when you unscramble BUSTS, starting with BUSTS itself: 7 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. BUSTS has 1 anagram here, STUBS, scoring 7 like BUSTS itself. 5 letters: 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from BUSTS by length: 2 with 5 letters, 6 with 4, 6 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of BUSTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with BU · ending in TS · all 5-letter words
BUSTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BUSTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 17) | 16 | 17 | 15 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Words With Friends*: SUS. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ST.
These 7 words take every letter of BUSTS plus a single extra one.