Unscramble FLAMBEAUX to get 160 words. FLAMBEAUX itself is a real word: 23 points on a Scrabble board, 27 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FAXABLE leads with 19 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from FLAMBEAUX by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 18 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with FLAMBEAUX letters: FLAMBEAU, for 15 points.
FAXABLE is the only one of the 7-letter words in FLAMBEAUX; it scores 19 points.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with FLAMBEAUX letters, 5 score 14 points, the group's best. BLUE, ABLE and MALE are the ones most people know.
FAX tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FLAMBEAUX at 13 points; next come MAX and MUX on 12. LAB, FLU and LAM will look familiar.
Keep every letter of FLAMBEAUX but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FL · ending in X · all 9-letter words
FLAMBEAUX 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 FLAMBEAUX, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLAMBEAUX itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 126 | 157 | 119 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
31 of the 160 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MALAX, BEFLUM, EXUL, ULEX, BEMAUL, FEMAL, MABELA, MELBA, UMBLE, FUM, LAUF, ALBE and 19 more. 8 of the 160 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FAXABLE, MUX, FAB, FAM, BEAL, LUMA, BAE and FE. 2 of the 160 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX and ALF. 1 of the 160 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMF.