Unscramble NECKBEEFS and you have 95 words, NECKBEEFS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 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 NECKBEEFS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 24 with 5, 33 with 4, 23 with 3 and 7 with 2.
NECKBEEF is the only one of the 8-letter words made with NECKBEEFS letters; it scores 19 points.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in NECKBEEFS: NEBECKS, 15 points.
FECKS tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NECKBEEFS at 14 points; next come BECKE and BECKS on 13. SCENE, FENCE and KNEES will look familiar.
FECK scores highest among the 4-letter words in NECKBEEFS at 13 points, ahead of BECK on 12 and KEEF on 11. BEEN, SEEN and FEES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NECKBEEFS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in FS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with FECKS (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts NECKBEEFS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NECKBEEFS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 95) | 65 | 95 | 58 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NECKBEEFS, NECKBEEF, NEBECKS, BECKES, NEBECK, BECKE, FENKS, NEBEKS, SKEEF, NEBEK, KEBS, KEB and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FEEBS, FEEB, EEK, FES, BES, FE and ESNE, 7 in all.