Unscramble JALEBIS and you have 116 words, JALEBIS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. JALEBIS as a single 7-tile play makes 66 in Scrabble, 16 plus the 50 bonus, and 55 in Words With Friends (20 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from JALEBIS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 18 with 5, 42 with 4, 33 with 3 and 16 with 2.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble JALEBIS are led by JABS, JIBE and JIBS, 13 points each. SALE, ABLE and BASE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of JALEBIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with JA · ending in IS · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with JIBES (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts JALEBIS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JALEBIS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 116) | 93 | 116 | 84 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
23 of the 116 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: JALEBIS, JALEBI, JELABS, BASIJ, JELAB, JAI, JA, BALISE, BLAISE, ISABEL, ABIES, BAELS and 11 more. 9 of the 116 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AJIES, AJIS, AJI, BEALS, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES and LIAS.
Each word below uses all the letters of JALEBIS and one more.