Unscramble SCREWBALL and you have 242 words, SCREWBALL itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SCREWBALL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SCREWBALL, SCRAWB leads with 13 points, then BAWLER and BRAWLS on 11. CABLES, LABELS and RECALL are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 5-letter words from SCREWBALL tie at 10 points; none scores more. CABLE, BEARS and WALLS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in SCREWBALL, the top score is 9, reached by 16. WELL, ABLE and BASE are the familiar ones.
CAW, WAB and WEB are the top 3-letter words made with SCREWBALL letters, 8 points each. ARE, ALL and WAS will look familiar.
These 5 words have the length of SCREWBALL, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with SC · ending in LL · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BECRAWLS (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCREWBALL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCREWBALL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 200 | 242 | 189 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESCRAWL, BECALLS, BAWRS, BECALL, BESAW, SCRAW, WALLERS, WARBS, BAWR, CABRE, SCAW, SCRAB and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SCRAWB, CABLERS, CABLER, SABLER, BEALS, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES, CAL and EW, 11 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SCREWBALL spell the words below.