169 words come out when you unscramble BUTTONHOLD, starting with BUTTONHOLD itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
B34U12T1T1O1N12H43O1L12D2
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BUTTONHOLD split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 21 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
6 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BUTTONHOLD tie at 9 points; none scores more. BOTH, HOLD and TOLD will look familiar.
BOH, HOB and HUB share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words made with BUTTONHOLD letters. NOT, BUT and OUT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BUTTONHOLD 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 HOLDOUT (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BUTTONHOLD, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTONHOLD itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 135 | 169 | 117 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
34 of the 169 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BUTTONHOLD, BUNDH, BOOH, BOH, DHOL, HOLON, HOND, UNBOOT, BLUD, BUDO, HOON, HOUT and 22 more. 18 of the 169 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BUTOH, BOHO, HUNDO, BOULT, DOH, DOOB, DUH, HOLO, HOO, NOOB, TOUTON, DOUT and 6 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of BUTTONHOLD and one more.