Unscramble POORBOX to get 29 words. POORBOX itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BOX and POX, 12 points each. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of POORBOX in one turn: 68 in Scrabble (18 + 50), 55 in Words With Friends (20 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from POORBOX split into 1 with 7 letters, 6 with 4, 15 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 6 or 5 letters.
Keep every letter of POORBOX but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with PO · ending in OX · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BOX and POX (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts POORBOX, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POORBOX itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 29) | 20 | 29 | 16 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POORBOX, PROO, ROOP, BOR, OBO, OOP, OB, OOR and OO, 9 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PROB, POO, PO and ROO, 4 in all.