166 words come out when you unscramble LUBBARDS, starting with LUBBARDS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. LUBBARD is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from LUBBARDS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 10 with 2.
LUBBARD is the only one of the 7-letter words made with LUBBARDS letters; it scores 12 points.
41 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LUBBARDS; 11 of them share the top score of 9. BULBS and BLURB are everyday picks.
9 of 60 4-letter words from LUBBARDS tie at 8 points; none scores more. BARS, DUAL and LABS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LUBBARDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LU · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BABULS, BLURBS, BUBALS, BULBAR and BUSBAR (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts LUBBARDS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUBBARDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 126 | 166 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
40 of the 166 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LUBBARDS, LUBBARD, BLAUDS, BUBAS, SLUBB, ABBS, BLADS, BLAUD, BLUDS, BUBA, BUDAS, ABB and 28 more. 5 of the 166 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BURB, LUDS, DAS, LUD and DA.