172 words come out when you unscramble PAPERBOY, starting with PAPERBOY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BOPPY leads with 14 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PAPERBOY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 6, 23 with 5, 58 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 5-letter words made with PAPERBOY letters, BOPPY leads with 14 points, then APERY and BARYE on 10. PAPER, OPERA and PROBE are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words from PAPERBOY is YAPP, 11 points; ABYE and BAYE on 9 follow. YEAR, BEAR and PRAY are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PAPERBOY, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. ARE, PAY and PRO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PAPERBOY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PA · ending in OY · all 8-letter words
What PAPERBOY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PAPERBOY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPERBOY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 137 | 171 | 123 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YOPPER, YAPP, BERAY, POPERA, YBORE, APPRO, BAYE, BREY, PORY, RAPPE, RYPE, YEBO and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BOPPY, BAYER, BROEY, PREOP, PYRO, PERP, PROB, APP, YER, APO, BAE, OBA and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: POPERY.
Each word below uses all the letters of PAPERBOY and one more.