Unscramble FLASHBOARDS and you have 273 words, FLASHBOARDS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is FLASHBOARD, 19 points. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from FLASHBOARDS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 11 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with FLASHBOARDS letters: FLASHBOARD, for 19 points.
Among 56 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FLASHBOARDS, the top score is 12, reached by 5. BOARDS, ABROAD and ABOARD are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 5-letter words from FLASHBOARDS tie at 11 points; none scores more. BOARD, FLASH and BROAD will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from FLASHBOARDS, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. HARD, HALF and HOLD are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in FLASHBOARDS, FAH and FOH tie for first at 9 points. HAS, HAD and BAD are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FLASHBOARDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with FL · ending in DS · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHOFARS (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FLASHBOARDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLASHBOARDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 209 | 271 | 184 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BARDASH, ASHRAF, DHABAS, HALFAS, DHABA, FLOSH, HALFA, HALFS, SABHAS, ABROADS, BASHO, BLASH and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HARDASS, DOSHAS, FAHS, ADORBS, ASLOSH, DOSHA, FABS, FAH, ODAHS, AFROS, DOHS, DOSH and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF, 2 in all.