Unscramble LISTBOXES and you have 241 words, LISTBOXES itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from LISTBOXES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 8 letters.
7 of 31 6-letter words in LISTBOXES tie at 13 points; none scores more. EXISTS, STILES and SEXIST will look familiar.
BOLIX and BOXES share the top score of 14 among the 5-letter words from LISTBOXES. SITES, LISTS and EXIST are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LISTBOXES is IBEX, 13 points; EXIT and ILEX on 11 follow. LIST, BEST and LESS are everyday picks.
BOX scores highest among the 3-letter words made with LISTBOXES letters at 12 points, ahead of EXO and LEX on 10. ITS, SET and LET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LISTBOXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of LISTBOXES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LISTBOXES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LISTBOXES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 187 | 241 | 176 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
54 of the 241 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOLIXES, BOXTIES, BOLIX, ISOLEX, OXIES, EXO, TEX, BETOILS, BITLESS, BESITS, BESTIS, BETOIL and 42 more. 11 of the 241 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LISTBOXES, LISTBOX, TIX, SILOES, BES, LITES, ESTS, EST, TES, OI and TE.