Unscramble CHESSBOARD and you have 326 words, CHESSBOARD itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BROACHED, CABOSHED and CHOBDARS lead with 16 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from CHESSBOARD by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 9 with 8, 45 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
CROSSHEAD is the only one of the 9-letter words made with CHESSBOARD letters; it scores 15 points.
Among the 7-letter words from CHESSBOARD, BODACHS, BROCHED and CHOBDAR tie for first at 15 points. CROSSED, CRASHES and CRASHED are everyday picks.
BACHED and BODACH share the top score of 14 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CHESSBOARD. SEARCH, BREACH and CHORDS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from CHESSBOARD; 6 of them share the top score of 12. BEACH, HEARD and REACH are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words in CHESSBOARD, BACH leads with 11 points, then CHAD on 10 and ACHE on 9. EACH, HARD and HEAD are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with CHESSBOARD letters, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. HAS, HAD and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CHESSBOARD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CH · ending in RD · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with BROACHED and CABOSHED (16 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CHESSBOARD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHESSBOARD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 326) | 258 | 324 | 237 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
66 of the 326 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHOBDARS, BASOCHES, BODACHS, BROCHED, CHOBDAR, BASOCHE, BODACH, BROCHES, BRASHED, CHORDAE, COHABS, BACHS and 54 more. 23 of the 326 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BARCODES, BERDASH, BROCHS, BARCODE, BROCH, OCHREAS, OCHES, DOSHA, OCHE, ROSACES, AHED, DOHS and 11 more. 2 of the 326 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: BOCHES and BOCHE.
With one more tile, the letters of CHESSBOARD spell the words below.