Unscramble SHOWBOX to get 62 words. SHOWBOX itself is a real word: 22 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. OXBOWS is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of SHOWBOX in one turn: 72 in Scrabble (22 + 50), 57 in Words With Friends (22 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SHOWBOX by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 7 with 5, 16 with 4, 26 with 3 and 11 with 2.
OXBOWS is the only one of the 6-letter words in SHOWBOX; it scores 18 points.
Trade one tile of SHOWBOX for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with SH · ending in OX · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by OXBOWS (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: SHOWBOX is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOWBOX itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 62) | 47 | 62 | 41 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
15 of the 62 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHOWBOX, HOX, WOX, HOWSO, BOOHS, BOHS, BOOH, BOH, SOHO, OBOS, OBO, OBS and 3 more. 6 of the 62 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BOHOS, BOHO, HOO, HOS, SHO and SOH.