247 words come out when you unscramble STARBOARD, starting with STARBOARD itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1T1A1R1B34O1A1R1D2
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from STARBOARD by length: 1 with 9 letters, 12 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
36 6-letter words made with STARBOARD letters; 15 of them share the top score of 9. BOARDS, ABROAD and ABOARD are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from STARBOARD, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. BOARD, BROAD and BOATS are the ones most people know.
12 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STARBOARD tie at 7 points; none scores more. DATA, ROAD and BOAT will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in STARBOARD, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. ART, BAD and BAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of STARBOARD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in RD · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BASTARD, BATARDS, DARBARS and TABARDS (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. STARBOARD is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARBOARD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 247) | 190 | 247 | 169 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: ABROADS, BORDARS, ABORDS, BARDOS, BARRATS, BORDAR, DORBAS, ABORD, AROBAS, BARDO, BARRAS, BARRAT and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: BATARDS, DARBARS, ADBOTS, ADORBS, BATARD, DARBAR, ROBATAS, ADBOT, BROAST, ROBATA, OBAS, SOBA and 9 more.
These 4 words take every letter of STARBOARD plus a single extra one.