Unscramble ROUNDABOUTS and you have 348 words, ROUNDABOUTS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is ROUNDABOUT, 13 points. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
R1O1U12N12D2A1B34O1U12T1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ROUNDABOUTS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 3 with 9, 19 with 8, 56 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with ROUNDABOUTS letters: ROUNDABOUT, 13 points.
10 of 19 8-letter words from ROUNDABOUTS tie at 11 points; none scores more. OUTBOUND and OUTBOARD will look familiar.
56 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ROUNDABOUTS; 11 of them share the top score of 10. TORNADO is an everyday pick.
26 of 60 6-letter words in ROUNDABOUTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. BOARDS, BRANDS and ROBUST will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words made with ROUNDABOUTS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 38. ABOUT, BOARD and BRAND are the familiar ones.
24 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ROUNDABOUTS tie at 7 points; none scores more. BAND, BORN and BOAT will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from ROUNDABOUTS, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. BUT, BAD and BAR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ROUNDABOUTS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with RO · ending in TS · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OUTBOARDS (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ROUNDABOUTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROUNDABOUTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 348) | 265 | 348 | 243 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
83 of the 348 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OUTBOUNDS, BUTSUDAN, TURBANDS, TURBONDS, TURBAND, TURBOND, ABORDS, BARDOS, BARTONS, BATOONS, BOORDS, BOURDS and 71 more. 22 of the 348 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ONBOARDS, SOUNDBAR, ABORTUS, ADBOTS, ADORBS, DOBROS, NUTBARS, TANDOORS, ADBOT, BROAST, DOBRO, DOOBS and 10 more.