Unscramble HEADBANGS to get 239 words. HEADBANGS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from HEADBANGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
5 of 23 6-letter words from HEADBANGS tie at 12 points; none scores more. AGENDA, BADGES and BANGED will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HEADBANGS, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. BASED, HANDS and BEGAN are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from HEADBANGS, BAGH leads with 10 points, then BASH on 9 and AGHA on 8. HAND, HEAD and BASE are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words in HEADBANGS is BAH, 8 points; DAH and EDH on 7 follow. HAS, HAD and END are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of HEADBANGS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HANDBAGS (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HEADBANGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEADBANGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 239) | 199 | 239 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: HEADBANGS, HEADBANG, GABNASH, NASHGAB, BANDHS, BEDASH, DHABAS, HAGDENS, BAGHS, BANDH, DHABA, HAGDEN and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: DEBAGS, ENDASH, HADEAN, SANGHA, BANDAS, BEGAD, DEBAG, AHED, BANDA, SHEN, AHS, BAES and 10 more.
This word takes every letter of HEADBANGS plus a single extra one.