200 words come out when you unscramble BUTTONHOLE, starting with BUTTONHOLE itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BUTTONHOLE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 20 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 9 letters.
UNBOTTLE is the only one of the 8-letter words made with BUTTONHOLE letters; it scores 10 points.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in BUTTONHOLE: BOTHOLE, 12 points.
BHOOT, BOOTH and BUTOH share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BUTTONHOLE. HOTEL, NOBLE and TOOTH are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with BUTTONHOLE letters; 8 of them share the top score of 9. THEN, BOTH and BLUE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BUTTONHOLE are led by BOH, HOB and HUB, 8 points each. NOT, BUT and ONE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BUTTONHOLE but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BHOOT, BOOTH, BUTOH and UNBOTTLE (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BUTTONHOLE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTONHOLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 200) | 167 | 200 | 150 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: BOTHOLE, BHEL, BOOH, BOH, BOTONE, HOLON, HOTEN, OHONE, UNBOOT, UNETH, BOTTE, HOON and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: BUTOH, UNBOTTLE, BOHO, BOTNET, BUTTLE, OBENTO, BELON, BENTO, BOULT, HOLO, HOO, LETOUT and 5 more.
These 3 words take every letter of BUTTONHOLE plus a single extra one.