Unscramble KIELBASA and you have 195 words, KIELBASA itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
K5I1E1L12B34A1S1A1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from KIELBASA by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 13 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among 48 5-letter words you get when you unscramble KIELBASA, the top score is 11, reached by 9. LAKES, BIKES and LIKES are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words from KIELBASA tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIKE, ABLE and LAKE will look familiar.
KAB and KEB share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words in KIELBASA. ASK, SEA and LAB are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of KIELBASA for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with KI · ending in SA · all 8-letter words
KIELBASA first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept KIELBASA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIELBASA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 195) | 154 | 195 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 195 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABASK, ASLAKE, KEBS, LAIKAS, KAIES, KALIS, KEB, LAIKA, LAIKS, LAKSA, SAKIA, SKAIL and 29 more. 12 of the 195 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AKEBIAS, AKEBIA, ALKIE, SIKA, BEALS, KIS, SABAL, BAES, BEAL, KI, BAE and BES.
Each word below uses all the letters of KIELBASA and one more.