Unscramble SUBTRIBES to get 259 words. SUBTRIBES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. STUBBIER, STUBBIES and SUBTRIBE are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SUBTRIBES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 18 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 15 with 2.
6 of 18 7-letter words made with SUBTRIBES letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. BUSIEST, BUSTERS and BRUISES will look familiar.
53 6-letter words from SUBTRIBES; 5 of them share the top score of 10. SUITES, SISTER and TISSUE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBTRIBES, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. SITES, ISSUE and TRIBE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBTRIBES; 6 of them share the top score of 8. SITE, BEST and REST are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words from SUBTRIBES are led by BIB, BUB and EBB, 7 points each. BUT, USE and ITS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SUBTRIBES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What SUBTRIBES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUBTRIBES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBTRIBES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 209 | 258 | 191 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
49 of the 259 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STUBBIE, SUBBIES, RUBBET, RUBBIT, SUBBIE, BITSERS, BREISTS, BESITS, BESTIS, BITSER, BREIST, BRUSTS and 37 more. 18 of the 259 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STUBBIES, RUBBIES, BIBES, BIBE, BRISES, BURB, BRISS, BRUTS, BUTES, RESITS, BES, RESIT and 6 more. 1 of the 259 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 2 words take every letter of SUBTRIBES plus a single extra one.