Unscramble SUBBASINS to get 119 words. SUBBASINS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SUBBASIN leads with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SUBBASINS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 22 with 5, 40 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2.
SUBBASIN is the only one of the 8-letter words in SUBBASINS; it scores 12 points.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with SUBBASINS letters: SUBBASS, for 11 points.
Of the 40 4-letter words made with SUBBASINS letters, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. BASS, BIAS and SINS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SUBBASINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
What SUBBASINS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUBBASINS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBBASINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 119) | 100 | 119 | 94 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BUBAS, ABBS, BUBA, BUNIAS, UNBIAS, ABB, BUNIA, SNABS, SNAB, SUNIS, ISNA, SAIS and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BUNAS, BUNA, UNIS, SAN, SUS and UNI, 6 in all.