Unscramble EXTRABOLDS to get 348 words. EXTRABOLDS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EXTRABOLD leads with 19 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from EXTRABOLDS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 11 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2.
EXTRABOLD is the only one of the 9-letter words in EXTRABOLDS; it scores 19 points.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTRABOLDS, BAXTERS, BORAXES and SALTBOX tie for first at 16 points. LOBSTER, ROASTED and BLASTER are everyday picks.
4 of 60 6-letter words from EXTRABOLDS tie at 15 points; none scores more. BOARDS, EXTRAS and BLADES will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words from EXTRABOLDS is BOXED, 15 points; BORAX and BOXER on 14 follow. BASED, BOARD and EXTRA are everyday picks.
AXED scores highest among the 4-letter words in EXTRABOLDS at 12 points, ahead of AXEL and AXES on 11. BEST, ABLE and BASE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words made with EXTRABOLDS letters is BOX, 12 points; DEX and DOX on 11 follow. TAX, BAD and BAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of EXTRABOLDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EX · ending in DS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BORAXES, DEXTRALS, EXTRADOS and SALTBOX (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXTRABOLDS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTRABOLDS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 348) | 288 | 348 | 255 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
60 of the 348 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BAXTERS, BAXTER, EXTOLD, LAXED, TAXORS, RETOX, SOREX, TAXOR, SAXE, BEDRALS, BLARTED, EXO and 48 more. 33 of the 348 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EXTRABOLDS, EXTRABOLD, DEXTRALS, BOXLAS, BOXLA, DOXES, TAXOLS, LAXES, OXERS, TAXOL, BROASTED, DOX and 21 more.