Unscramble EARBALLS to get 179 words. EARBALLS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
E1A1R1B34A1L12L12S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EARBALLS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 11 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
48 5-letter words from EARBALLS; 34 of them share the top score of 7. AREAS, LABEL and LASER are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EARBALLS, the top score is 6, reached by 31. REAL, AREA and SALE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EARBALLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EA · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ARABLES, BALLERS and SALABLE (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts EARBALLS, but the Words With Friends list does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EARBALLS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 151 | 179 | 143 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EARBALLS, EARBALL, SABELLA, ABEARS, BELARS, ABEAR, ABERS, ARBAS, BAELS, BELAR, BLAER, BLAES and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LABRAL, SABLER, BEALS, SABAL, BAES, BEAL, BAE and BES, 8 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of EARBALLS plus a single extra one.