Unscramble BUTTONHELD to get 269 words. BUTTONHELD itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 12 points, BEHOLD, HOTBED and UNBLOTTED among them. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BUTTONHELD by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 50 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
BEHOLD and HOTBED are the top 6-letter words from BUTTONHELD, 12 points each. DOUBLE, BUTTON and BLONDE will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words made with BUTTONHELD letters is BUNDH, 11 points; BUTOH on 10 and DHOLE on 9 follow. HOTEL, NOTED and BOUND are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BUTTONHELD, the top score is 9, reached by 5. THEN, BOTH and BLUE are the familiar ones.
BOH, HOB and HUB share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words from BUTTONHELD. BUT, END and OLD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BUTTONHELD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with BU · ending in LD · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BEHOLD, HOTBED and UNBOTTLED (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BUTTONHELD is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTONHELD itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 224 | 269 | 204 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
45 of the 269 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BUTTONHELD, UNBLOTTED, BUNDH, HOUTED, BHEL, BOLDEN, BOTTED, BOUNED, OBTEND, BLUDE, BODLE, BOH and 33 more. 20 of the 269 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: UNBOTTLED, BOULTED, BUTOH, BUTTLED, UNBOTTLE, HUNDO, BOTNET, BUTTLE, LUBED, BELON, BENTO, BOULT and 8 more.
These 2 words take every letter of BUTTONHELD plus a single extra one.