Unscramble EYEBLACKS to get 229 words. EYEBLACKS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from EYEBLACKS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
EYEBLACK is the only one of the 8-letter words in EYEBLACKS; it scores 19 points.
BLEAKY, LACKEY and SKYLAB are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EYEBLACKS, 15 points each. CABLES and BLACKS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from EYEBLACKS, 6 score 14 points, the group's best. BLACK, CABLE and LAKES are the ones most people know.
BYKE, CAKY and YACK are the top 4-letter words in EYEBLACKS, 13 points each. BACK, LAKE and LACK will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words made with EYEBLACKS letters, the top score is 10, reached by 5. YES, SAY and KEY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EYEBLACKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EY · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
EYEBLACKS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EYEBLACKS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EYEBLACKS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 175 | 229 | 165 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
54 of the 229 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BACKSEY, BLEAKY, SKYLAB, BECKES, BYKES, BECKE, BYKE, KABELES, SKEELY, ALECKS, KABELE, KAYLE and 42 more. 10 of the 229 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EYEBLACKS, EYEBLACK, KYES, KYE, ACK, EEK, YAS, BAE, BES and CAL.