Unscramble SAPROBES and you have 236 words, SAPROBES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SAPROBES split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words in SAPROBES, PROBES and REBOPS tie for first at 10 points. SPEARS, SPARES and SPARSE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SAPROBES, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. PRESS, BEARS and OPERA are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from SAPROBES; 7 of them share the top score of 8. BASE, PASS and BEAR are everyday picks.
BAP and BOP are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SAPROBES, 7 points each. ARE, PRO and BAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SAPROBES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
SAPROBES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SAPROBES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAPROBES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 200 | 236 | 183 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: BARPS, BOEPS, PEBAS, ASPROS, BARP, BOEP, BRAP, BRASES, PEBA, PORAES, POSSER, PSORAS and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: PROBS, BASSER, BOREAS, BOSSER, PROB, APOS, BAES, OBAS, OPAS, APO, BAE, BES and 5 more.