Unscramble JOHNBOAT and you have 104 words, JOHNBOAT itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, JOHN, BANJO and JABOT lead with 14 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from JOHNBOAT by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 6, 7 with 5, 30 with 4, 45 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
JOHN tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble JOHNBOAT at 14 points; next come JATO and JOTA on 11. BOTH, BOAT and BATH will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words from JOHNBOAT is HAJ, 13 points; JAB and JOB on 12 follow. NOT, TOO and HOT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of JOHNBOAT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with JO · ending in AT · all 8-letter words
The meaning of JOHNBOAT, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
JOHNBOAT works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNBOAT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 104) | 80 | 104 | 75 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 24 of them: BHOONA, BOTHAN, BHAT, BOOH, JA, BATOON, BOH, HOON, NOAH, TANH, THON, TOHO and 12 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: BOHO, HOO, NOOB, OBA and ONO.
This word takes every letter of JOHNBOAT plus a single extra one.