Unscramble STARBURSTS to get 183 words. STARBURSTS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. STARBURST is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STARBURSTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 7, 22 with 6, 51 with 5, 58 with 4, 37 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with STARBURSTS letters: STARBURST, 11 points.
Among 51 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STARBURSTS, the top score is 7, reached by 25. START, STARS and TRUST are the familiar ones.
31 of 58 4-letter words from STARBURSTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. STAR, ARTS and BARS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of STARBURSTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with ST · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BURSARS (9 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: STARBURSTS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARBURSTS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 183) | 146 | 183 | 138 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: ABURST, BRASTS, BRUSTS, BAURS, BRAST, BRUST, BUATS, TRABS, TUBAR, ASTRUT, BAUR, BRUS and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: STARBURSTS, STARBURST, TSUBAS, BRUTS, TURRS, TURR, ATS and SUS.