Unscramble HOLDERBAT and you have 294 words, HOLDERBAT itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. BOLTHEAD is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HOLDERBAT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 19 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with HOLDERBAT letters: BOLTHEAD, 14 points.
4 of 60 6-letter words from HOLDERBAT tie at 12 points; none scores more. THREAD, HOLDER and HERALD will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLDERBAT, 11 score 10 points, the group's best. HOTEL, BOARD and HEART are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from HOLDERBAT; 8 of them share the top score of 9. BOTH, HARD and HEAD are everyday picks.
BAH, BOH and HOB share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words in HOLDERBAT. HAD, HOT and BAD are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of HOLDERBAT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in AT · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BOLTHEAD (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HOLDERBAT is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDERBAT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 294) | 245 | 293 | 231 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
49 of the 294 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOLDERBAT, BLAHED, ATHROB, BROTHA, BEATH, BELAH, BLARTED, HABLE, HARELD, HARLED, HOARED, THROED and 37 more. 14 of the 294 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BLAHER, BLADER, RETABLO, ABLED, ADBOT, AHED, ODAH, DOBE, DOH, LAH, BAE, OBA and 2 more. 1 of the 294 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: HAOLE.
This word takes every letter of HOLDERBAT plus a single extra one.