84 words come out when you unscramble FLYBLOWS, starting with FLYBLOWS itself: 19 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BLOWFLY and FLYBLOW lead with 18 points. The 8 letters split into 1 vowel and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from FLYBLOWS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 15 with 5, 27 with 4, 24 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Keep every letter of FLYBLOWS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FL · ending in WS · all 8-letter words
FLYBLOWS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FLYBLOWS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLYBLOWS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 84) | 64 | 84 | 63 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 20 of them: BOYFS, SYBOW, BOYF, LOSLYF, WOLLY, FLOBS, SOWF, WOFS, FLOB, SWY, WOF, FY and 8 more. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: OWLY.