Unscramble RAILBUS to get 149 words. RAILBUS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: BURIALS. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. RAILBUS as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RAILBUS by length: 2 with 7 letters, 10 with 6, 31 with 5, 53 with 4, 40 with 3 and 13 with 2.
20 of 31 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RAILBUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. RAILS and LIARS will look familiar.
Of the 53 4-letter words from RAILBUS, 28 score 6 points, the group's best. BARS, RAIL and LABS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RAILBUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with RA · ending in US · all 7-letter words
RAILBUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
RAILBUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAILBUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 124 | 149 | 118 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RUBAIS, BALUS, BAURS, LABIS, RIBAS, RUBAI, BALU, BAUR, BRUS, RIBA, URALIS, BRU and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RABIS, RUBLI, RABI, LIAS, RAIS and RAI, 6 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of RAILBUS and one more.