151 words come out when you unscramble SOROBANS, starting with SOROBANS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SOROBANS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 31 with 5, 51 with 4, 45 with 3 and 14 with 2.
21 of 31 5-letter words from SOROBANS tie at 7 points; none scores more. BRASS, BARON and SONAR will look familiar.
Of the 51 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SOROBANS, 33 score 6 points, the group's best. SOON, BORN and BARS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SOROBANS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SO · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BASSOON (9 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SOROBANS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOROBANS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 118 | 151 | 105 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
33 of the 151 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SOROBANS, SOROBAN, BASONS, BASON, BORNA, SNABS, SORBO, BAOS, BONA, BORS, OBOS, ROOSAS and 21 more. 13 of the 151 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NOOBS, SOBAS, NOOB, OBAS, SOBA, OBA, AROS, ONOS, ROOS, ARO, ONO, ROO and 1 more.