Unscramble MISBEHAVED and you have 281 words, MISBEHAVED itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MISBEHAVE leads with 19 points. It has 10 letters, 4 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 MISBEHAVED split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with MISBEHAVED letters: MISBEHAVE, 19 points.
BEHAVE scores highest among the 6-letter words from MISBEHAVED at 14 points, ahead of BIMAHS and HEAVED on 13. SHAVED, ADVISE and BIASED are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words in MISBEHAVED is VEHME, 13 points; BIMAH and HIVED on 12 follow. SAVED, HEADS and SHADE are everyday picks.
VEHM tops the 4-letter words made with MISBEHAVED letters at 12 points; next come HAVE and HIVE on 10. HEAD, HIDE and MESH will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MISBEHAVED, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. HAS, HAD and BAD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MISBEHAVED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with MI · ending in ED · all 10-letter words
MISBEHAVED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MISBEHAVED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISBEHAVED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 281) | 228 | 280 | 209 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
50 of the 281 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VEHME, VIDAMES, BEDASH, EMBASED, IMBASED, MIEVED, VEHM, VIDAME, BEMADS, HAMED, MEVED, MIEVES and 38 more. 21 of the 281 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHIVED, EMDASH, HEVEAS, HEVEA, VIBED, BISH, DESHI, DEVIS, HIMS, AHED, DEVI, MEH and 9 more. 2 of the 281 answers are missing from Scrabble US: HEBES and HEBE. 1 of the 281 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.