Unscramble GLIBBERY and you have 89 words, GLIBBERY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 4 of them, BILBY, GLIBBER and GRIBBLE included. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from GLIBBERY split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 17 with 5, 29 with 4, 28 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of GLIBBERY but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BILBY, GLIBBER, GRIBBLE and RIBBY (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts GLIBBERY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLIBBERY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 89) | 79 | 89 | 75 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GLIBBERY, GLEBY, BLEY, BREY, GIBEL, BREI, GLEI, GER, LEIR and LIG, 10 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BILBY, BIBE, YER and GI, 4 in all.