151 words come out when you unscramble NABOBESS, starting with NABOBESS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ABBESS and NABOBS lead with 10 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NABOBESS split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 6, 30 with 5, 54 with 4, 42 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
5 of 30 5-letter words made with NABOBESS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. BABES, BASES and BONES will look familiar.
Of the 54 4-letter words from NABOBESS, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. BASE, ONES and BASS are the ones most people know.
ABB, BOB and EBB are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NABOBESS, 7 points each. ONE, ASS and SEA will look familiar.
Trade one tile of NABOBESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with NA · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
What NABOBESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NABOBESS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NABOBESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 117 | 151 | 108 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 34 of them: BOABS, BOBAS, ABBS, BASONS, BOAB, BOBA, ABB, BASEN, BASON, BASSE, SNABS, SNEBS and 22 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: SOBAS, BAES, OBAS, SOBA, BAE, BES, OBA, NAES and SAN.