Unscramble SLOWBACKS to get 208 words. SLOWBACKS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. SLOWBACK and SOWBACKS are the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SLOWBACKS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 2 with 7, 9 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SLOWBACKS, 7 score 14 points, the group's best. BLACK, CLASS and BLOCK are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from SLOWBACKS; 5 of them share the top score of 13. BACK, WALK and LACK are everyday picks.
Of the 58 3-letter words in SLOWBACKS, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. WAS, LAW and LOW are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SLOWBACKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SL · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SOWBACKS (19 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SLOWBACKS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLOWBACKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 165 | 208 | 152 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
43 of the 208 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SLOWBACKS, SLOWBACK, SWACKS, CAWKS, COWKS, SWACK, WOCKS, CAWK, COWK, LASSOCK, WOCK, LAWKS and 31 more. 13 of the 208 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SOWBACKS, SOWBACK, BAWKS, BAWK, ACK, SKOLS, SKOL, CALOS, OK, CAL, LOC, OBA and 1 more.