Unscramble NOTCHBACKS and you have 249 words, NOTCHBACKS itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. NOTCHBACK is the best of the shorter words, at 22 points. The 10 letters split into 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from NOTCHBACKS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in NOTCHBACKS: NOTCHBACK, 22 points.
CHACKS and CHOCKS are the top 6-letter words from NOTCHBACKS, 17 points each. THANKS, SNATCH and CHANTS will look familiar.
CHACK and CHOCK share the top score of 16 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NOTCHBACKS. STOCK, THANK and BANKS are the ones most people know.
HACK and HOCK are the top 4-letter words from NOTCHBACKS, 13 points each. BACK, BOTH and BANK will look familiar.
60 3-letter words in NOTCHBACKS; 4 of them share the top score of 9. CAN, HAS and HOT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of NOTCHBACKS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHOCKS (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NOTCHBACKS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOTCHBACKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 176 | 249 | 159 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHACKS, CHACK, CASTOCK, CHANKS, CHANK, KOTCH, CACKS, CHACOS, COHABS, SCATCH, BACCOS, BACHS and 61 more, 73 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CONCHAS, CHOCS, ANCHOS, CHOC, TOCKS, ANCHO, CATHS, TOCK, ACK, CATH, BANC, OCH and 5 more, 17 in all.