Unscramble HONEYBEES and you have 173 words, HONEYBEES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HONEYBEE leads with 16 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HONEYBEES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 4 with 6, 25 with 5, 57 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
HONEYBEE is the only one of the 8-letter words in HONEYBEES; it scores 16 points.
Of the 25 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HONEYBEES, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. EBONY, HONEY and BONES are the ones most people know.
Among 57 4-letter words from HONEYBEES, the top score is 10, reached by 4. BEEN, SEEN and BOYS are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words in HONEYBEES tie at 9 points; none scores more. ONE, SEE and YES will look familiar.
HONEYBEES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. HONEYBEES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HONEYBEES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 130 | 172 | 123 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 173 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESHONE, HEBENS, HYENS, HEBEN, HEYS, HYEN, HYES, SYBOE, BOHS, HYE, YEBO, BESEEN and 29 more. 9 of the 173 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HOSEY, YEESH, EENSY, SHEN, HOS, SHO, SOH, BES and ESNE. 2 of the 173 answers are missing from Scrabble US: HEBES and HEBE. 1 of the 173 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: SHEENEY.