Unscramble IMBOSSES and you have 114 words, IMBOSSES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BOSSISM and OBEISMS lead with 11 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from IMBOSSES split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 15 with 6, 14 with 5, 31 with 4, 32 with 3 and 17 with 2.
MIBS, MOBE and MOBS are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble IMBOSSES, 8 points each. SOME, MISS and SEMI will look familiar.
Trade one tile of IMBOSSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with IM · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BOSSISM (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts IMBOSSES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMBOSSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 114) | 82 | 114 | 74 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 32 of them: IMBOSSES, OBEISMS, BISOMS, IMBOSS, MOBIES, OBEISM, BISOM, MEBOS, MOBES, MOBIE, MOSSIES, BOSIES and 20 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: EMOS, SOMS, BES, EMO, MES, MOI, SOM and OI.
With one more tile, the letters of IMBOSSES spell the words below.