148 words come out when you unscramble SCHOOLBOYS, starting with SCHOOLBOYS itself: 20 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SCHOOLBOY, 19 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SCHOOLBOYS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 7, 10 with 6, 28 with 5, 55 with 4, 39 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with SCHOOLBOYS letters: SCHOOLBOY, for 19 points.
SCHOOLS is the only one of the 7-letter words in SCHOOLBOYS; it scores 12 points.
Among the 5-letter words from SCHOOLBOYS, COLBY leads with 12 points, then HOOLY on 11 and BOHOS on 10. SOLOS and COOLS are the familiar ones.
LYCH scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SCHOOLBOYS at 12 points, ahead of HOLY and HOYS on 10. LOSS, COOL and BOYS are the ones most people know.
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BOLSHY and CHOOSY (14 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCHOOLBOYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOLBOYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 148) | 120 | 145 | 103 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: SCOOBY, SCOOSH, BOOHS, BOHS, BOOH, SLOOSH, BOH, CLY, HOC, BOOLS, CH, LOSH and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: COLBYS, COLBY, LYCH, BOHOS, BOHO, HOLOS, OCH, HOLO, HOSS, SOHS, HOO, HOS and 5 more. Scrabble UK skips 3 of them: CHOLOS, CHOLO and COOLY.