Unscramble BUTTONIEST and you have 280 words, BUTTONIEST itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. BOUNTIES, BOTTINES and BUNTIEST are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BUTTONIEST by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 8, 20 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 9 letters.
45 6-letter words from BUTTONIEST; 22 of them share the top score of 8. BUTTON, OUTSET and BITTEN are everyday picks.
42 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BUTTONIEST tie at 7 points; none scores more. NOTES, BONUS and NOISE will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in BUTTONIEST; 48 of them share the top score of 6. BEST, BITS and BONE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with BUTTONIEST letters, 25 score 5 points, the group's best. NOT, BUT and ONE are the ones most people know.
These 4 words have the length of BUTTONIEST, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with BU · ending in ST · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BOUNTIES (10 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BUTTONIEST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTONIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 202 | 278 | 187 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
78 of the 280 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BUTTONIEST, BOTTINES, BUNTIEST, BOTTIES, BOTTINE, EBONIST, UNBITTS, BESOIN, BONIST, BOTTES, OUBITS, STOBIE and 66 more. 15 of the 280 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BOTNETS, BENTOS, BOTNET, BENTO, BUTES, TOTTIES, TSUBO, OUTIES, STOTIN, BES, NUTSO, OUTIE and 3 more. 2 of the 280 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.