Unscramble PUSHBIKES and you have 185 words, PUSHBIKES itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. PUSHBIKE is the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PUSHBIKES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 16 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 15 with 2.
4 of 38 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PUSHBIKES tie at 12 points; none scores more. ISSUE, SHIPS and BIKES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PUSHBIKES, 7 score 11 points, the group's best. BUSH, SHIP and SKIP are the ones most people know.
KHI tops the 3-letter words from PUSHBIKES at 10 points; next come KEB and KEP on 9. USE, SUB and BUS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PUSHBIKES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PU · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BUPKISES (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts PUSHBIKES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUSHBIKES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 142 | 181 | 125 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PUSHBIKES, PUSHBIKE, BUKSHIS, BUKSHI, KISHES, BUIKS, BUKES, BUSHIE, KESH, KIPES, KISH, KUEH and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BUPKES, BUPKIS, BUSHIES, KUBIES, SUKHS, BISHES, KUBIE, SUKH, BISH, HEPS, PUBE, SUKS and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: SPIKS and SPIK, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: BUPKISES. Not in Scrabble UK: SHIKSE.