186 words come out when you unscramble LINKBOYS, starting with LINKBOYS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from LINKBOYS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in LINKBOYS: LINKBOY, 16 points.
BOSKY and KYBOS share the top score of 14 among the 5-letter words from LINKBOYS. LINKS, LIONS and BLINK are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LINKBOYS, KYBO leads with 13 points, then INKY and YOKS on 11. ONLY, LINK and SKIN are the familiar ones.
SKY and YOK are the top 3-letter words from LINKBOYS, 10 points each. OIL, BOY and SON will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LINKBOYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LI · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
What LINKBOYS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LINKBOYS, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINKBOYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 147 | 186 | 136 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
39 of the 186 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KYBOS, KYBO, SINKY, BINKS, BINK, BOKS, SYBIL, BOK, KY, NKOSI, KONS, LISK and 27 more. 11 of the 186 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KYLINS, BOINKS, KYLIN, YONKS, BOINK, BLINY, OIKS, SKOL, KIS, OIK and OK.