175 words come out when you unscramble DOORKNOBS, starting with DOORKNOBS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DOORKNOBS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 15 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with DOORKNOBS letters: DOORKNOB, 15 points.
7 of 46 5-letter words from DOORKNOBS tie at 11 points; none scores more. BOOKS, DOORS and BONDS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DOORKNOBS, 9 score 10 points, the group's best. BOOK, SOON and DOOR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DOORKNOBS for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in BS · all 9-letter words
DOORKNOBS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DOORKNOBS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOORKNOBS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 112 | 175 | 98 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOKOS, DONKOS, DROOKS, KONDOS, BOKO, BOKS, DONKO, DOOKS, DROOK, KONDO, BOK, BOORDS and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BORKS, KOBOS, BORK, DOBROS, DOBRO, DOOBS, DOOB, NOOBS, NOOB, OK, ONOS, ROOS and 2 more, 14 in all.