Unscramble BUXOMEST to get 176 words. BUXOMEST itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BUXOMEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 6, 37 with 5, 58 with 4, 53 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 5-letter words in BUXOMEST, BUXOM and EMBOX tie for first at 16 points. MOUSE, BOXES and TUBES are everyday picks.
OXES and SEXT share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BUXOMEST. SOME, MOST and BEST are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from BUXOMEST, BOX and MUX tie for first at 12 points. BUT, OUT and USE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BUXOMEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BU · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
The meaning of BUXOMEST, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BUXOMEST works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUXOMEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 137 | 176 | 119 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMBOX, EMBOST, EXO, TEX, EMBUS, MEBOS, MOBES, OMBUS, MOBE, OMBU, BOETS, BOTES and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MUXES, MUX, BUTES, TSUBO, EMOS, MUSO, TUMS, BES, EMO, MES, SOM, TUM and 6 more, 18 in all.