Unscramble RAINBANDS and you have 236 words, RAINBANDS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
R1A1I1N12B34A1N12D2S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from RAINBANDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 16 with 2.
10 of 27 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RAINBANDS tie at 9 points; none scores more. BRANDS, BRAINS and DRAINS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from RAINBANDS, the top score is 8, reached by 13. BRAND, BRAIN and BANDS are the familiar ones.
13 of 60 4-letter words in RAINBANDS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SAID, BAND and AIDS will look familiar.
Of the 58 3-letter words made with RAINBANDS letters, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. AIR, BAD and BAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RAINBANDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RA · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
RAINBANDS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. RAINBANDS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAINBANDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 187 | 236 | 173 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: BANDARIS, ABRAIDS, BANDARI, BANDARS, ABANDS, ABRAID, ARABINS, BANDAR, ABAND, ABRINS, ARABIN, BANIAS and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: BAIDARS, BAIDAR, BANDAS, ARABIS, BANDA, RABIS, NAIRAS, RABI, DANS, DAN, DAS, DA and 2 more.
This word takes every letter of RAINBANDS plus a single extra one.