Unscramble FOURBALLS and you have 225 words, FOURBALLS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
F4O1U12R1B34A1L12L12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FOURBALLS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 15 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FOURBALLS, the top score is 10, reached by 8. LABOR, FALLS and SOLAR are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words from FOURBALLS tie at 9 points; none scores more. FULL, FOUR and FALL will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in FOURBALLS, FAB, FOB and FUB tie for first at 8 points. ALL, FAR and BAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FOURBALLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FO · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FURBALLS (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts FOURBALLS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOURBALLS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 164 | 223 | 154 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FOURBALLS, FOURBALL, FUSBALL, BARFUL, BUFOS, FLOBS, FLORULA, FRABS, FUSAROL, BUFO, BULLOSA, FLOB and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FURBALLS, FURBALL, FUBAR, FABS, AFROS, FAB, AFRO, OBA, ARO and LOR, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF, 2 in all.