237 words come out when you unscramble MOTHBALLS, starting with MOTHBALLS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is MOTHBALL, 15 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from MOTHBALLS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with MOTHBALLS letters: MOTHBALL, for 15 points.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MOTHBALLS are led by ABMHOS and ABOHMS, 13 points each. ALMOST, BALLOT and SLALOM are the familiar ones.
ABMHO and ABOHM are the top 5-letter words from MOTHBALLS, 12 points each. BOATS, BALLS and BLAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from MOTHBALLS, 22 score 9 points, the group's best. BOTH, HALL and HOST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words in MOTHBALLS, the top score is 8, reached by 7. ALL, HAS and HOT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MOTHBALLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MO · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
What MOTHBALLS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. MOTHBALLS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTHBALLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 201 | 237 | 185 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OLLAMHS, BOSHTA, OLLAMH, OMLAHS, BASHO, BHATS, BLASH, OMLAH, SHALM, BHAT, BOHS, BOMAS and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOMAS, HOMA, HOMS, MOSH, HOM, HAOS, LAHS, AHS, HOS, LAH, SHO, SOH and 4 more, 16 in all.