Unscramble SHOWBOXES and you have 140 words, SHOWBOXES itself among them: it scores 24 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. SHOWBOX is the best of the shorter words, at 22 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SHOWBOXES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 7 with 6, 25 with 5, 39 with 4, 45 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The best of the 5-letter words from SHOWBOXES is OXBOW, 17 points; HOXES on 15 and BOXES on 14 follow. SHOWS, SHOES and HOSES are everyday picks.
OXES tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOWBOXES at 11 points; next come HEWS and HOWE on 10. SHOW, SHOE and BOSS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SHOWBOXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHOEBOX (19 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SHOWBOXES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOWBOXES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 111 | 140 | 98 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHOWBOXES, SHOWBOX, HOXES, HOWBE, HOX, WEX, WOX, HOWSO, BOOHS, BOWES, EXO, BOHS and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHOEBOX, WHOSESO, BOHOS, BOHO, HOSS, SESH, SOHS, HOO, HOS, SHO, SOH, BES and 1 more, 13 in all.