Unscramble KNOBBLES to get 140 words. KNOBBLES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. BLESBOK and KNOBBLE are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from KNOBBLES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 24 with 5, 53 with 4, 37 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble KNOBBLES, KEBOB leads with 13 points, then BLOKE and BOKES on 11. NOBLE, BONES and KNOBS are the familiar ones.
Of the 53 4-letter words from KNOBBLES, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. ONES, LOSE and LENS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of KNOBBLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with KN · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BLESBOK (15 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: KNOBBLES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNOBBLES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 110 | 140 | 105 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
30 of the 140 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KNOBBLES, KNOBBLE, BOKES, BOKE, BOKS, KEBS, SLOKEN, BOK, KEB, LOKES, SNOEK, SNOKE and 18 more. 5 of the 140 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BELONS, SKOL, BELON, OK and BES.