Unscramble SPELLBIND and you have 224 words, SPELLBIND itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
S1P34E1L12L12B34I1N12D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SPELLBIND by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
BIPEDS tops the 6-letter words made with SPELLBIND letters at 11 points; next come BIELDS and BILLED on 9. BLINDS, BLENDS and SPLINE will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPELLBIND, BIPED leads with 10 points, then BLIPS and PLEBS on 9. SPEND, BILLS and BLIND are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words from SPELLBIND, BLIP and PLEB tie for first at 8 points. BILL, BIDS and BELL are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from SPELLBIND, the top score is 6, reached by 7. END, BID and BED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SPELLBIND but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ND · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BIPEDS (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SPELLBIND 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPELLBIND itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 179 | 224 | 172 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
45 of the 224 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPELDIN, DISPLE, PIENDS, BILED, DIEBS, LEPID, PENILL, PIEND, SPELD, SPIDE, BEINS, BENIS and 33 more. 7 of the 224 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PEDIS, DEPS, PEDI, DEP, LIPE, BES and EDS.
This word takes every letter of SPELLBIND plus a single extra one.