Unscramble FLASHBANG to get 185 words. FLASHBANG itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, AFGHANS leads with 14 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from FLASHBANG by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 11 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 49 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FLASHBANG, the top score is 11, reached by 6. FLASH, FLAGS and NASAL are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 4-letter words from FLASHBANG tie at 10 points; none scores more. HALF, FLAG and BAGS will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words made with FLASHBANG letters is FAH, 9 points; BAH and FAB on 8 follow. HAS, GAS and FAN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of FLASHBANG for another and you can spell this word:
More 9-letter words: starting with FL · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AFGHANS (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FLASHBANG is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLASHBANG itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 154 | 183 | 138 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 29 of them: FLASHBANG, GABNASH, NASHGAB, HALFAS, BAGHS, HALFA, HALFS, BAGH, BLASH, SABHA, FANALS, NAHALS and 17 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: FAHS, SANGHA, FABS, FAH, BLAGS, FAB, BLAG, LAHS, SABAL, AHS, LAH, NAGAS and 4 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ALFS and ALF.
This word takes every letter of FLASHBANG plus a single extra one.