Unscramble BUTYLS and you have 29 words, BUTYLS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: SUBTLY. The 6 letters split into 1 vowel and 5 consonants.
B34U12T1Y43L12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BUTYLS by length: 2 with 6 letters, 3 with 5, 9 with 4, 10 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Keep every letter of BUTYLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with BU · ending in LS · all 6-letter words
What BUTYLS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BUTYLS, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTYLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 29) | 26 | 29 | 25 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
3 of the 29 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YUS, YU and ST. 1 of the 29 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: SLUT.
These 2 words take every letter of BUTYLS plus a single extra one.