Unscramble SPARERIBS and you have 287 words, SPARERIBS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SPARERIBS split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 25 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 17 with 2.
22 of 25 7-letter words in SPARERIBS tie at 9 points; none scores more. REPAIRS and PRAISES will look familiar.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SPARERIBS; 50 of them share the top score of 8. REPAIR, SPEARS and PRAISE are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from SPARERIBS are led by BARPS and PEBAS, 9 points each. PRESS, BASIS and BEARS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with SPARERIBS letters, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. BASE, PASS and BEAR are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SPARERIBS, BAP leads with 7 points, then ABS and APE on 5. ARE, AIR and BAR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SPARERIBS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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SPARERIBS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SPARERIBS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPARERIBS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 287) | 240 | 287 | 231 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
47 of the 287 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BARPS, BARRIES, BASSIER, PEBAS, PRISERS, SPARRES, BARP, BARRIE, BRAP, BRASES, ERBIAS, PAIRER and 35 more. 9 of the 287 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BASSER, BRISES, BRISS, RABIS, BAES, RABI, BAE, BES and RAI.