Unscramble LEWDSBY and you have 82 words, LEWDSBY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 1 vowel and 6 consonants. LEWDSBY as a single 7-tile play makes 66 in Scrabble, 16 plus the 50 bonus, and 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
L12E1W4D2S1B34Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LEWDSBY split into 1 with 7 letters, 6 with 5, 35 with 4, 31 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Among the 4-letter words in LEWDSBY, DEWY leads with 11 points, then BYDE and SWEY on 10. BEDS, WEBS and BLEW are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LEWDSBY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with LE · ending in BY · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by WYLED (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: LEWDSBY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWDSBY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 82) | 64 | 82 | 61 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 18 of them: LEWDSBY, BYDES, BLEYS, BYDE, SWEY, WEYS, BLEY, SWY, WEY, SYED, SLEY, WELS and 6 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: BES, EW and EDS.