Unscramble NEBS and you have 12 words, NEBS itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of NEBS are on the page: BENS and SNEB, each 6 points. BES, NEB and BEN are the best of the shorter words, at 5 points. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NEBS split into 3 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of NEBS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with NE · ending in BS · all 4-letter words
NEBS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. NEBS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEBS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 12) | 11 | 12 | 10 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SNEB. Not in Words With Friends*: BES.
These 12 words take every letter of NEBS plus a single extra one.