Unscramble SOFTBACKS to get 197 words. SOFTBACKS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
S1O1F4T1B34A1C34K5S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SOFTBACKS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 7 letters.
SOFTBACK is the only one of the 8-letter words made with SOFTBACKS letters; it scores 19 points.
BACKS and BOCKS share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words from SOFTBACKS. STOCK, COSTS and COAST are the ones most people know.
BACK and BOCK are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SOFTBACKS, 12 points each. FAST, FACT and TASK will look familiar.
KAF scores highest among the 3-letter words in SOFTBACKS at 10 points, ahead of ACK and BOK on 9. ACT, ASK and SAT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SOFTBACKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SO · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
SOFTBACKS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SOFTBACKS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOFTBACKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 197) | 169 | 197 | 152 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
28 of the 197 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOAKS, BAFTS, BOAK, BOKS, ATOKS, BAFT, BOK, OKTAS, ATOK, BACS, BASTOS, OKTA and 16 more. 17 of the 197 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KOFTAS, KOFTA, TOCKS, TOCK, ACK, CAFS, FABS, CAF, FAB, SOBAS, SOCAS, OK and 5 more.