Unscramble SUNBAKES and you have 182 words, SUNBAKES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SUNBAKES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 9 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 45 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUNBAKES, 11 score 11 points, the group's best. ABUSE, BANKS and BASES are the ones most people know.
12 of 60 4-letter words from SUNBAKES tie at 10 points; none scores more. BANK, BASE and BASS will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in SUNBAKES, KAB and KEB tie for first at 9 points. USE, SUN and ASK are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SUNBAKES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SU · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ANKUSES, BAKES, BANKS, BASKS, BEAKS, BUNKS and BUSKS (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SUNBAKES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNBAKES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 142 | 182 | 131 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: SUNBAKES, SUNBAKE, BAKEN, BAUKS, BUKES, KNUBS, NABKS, BAUK, BUKE, KANSES, KEBS, KNUB and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: KUNA, KUNE, SUKS, BUNAS, SUK, BAES, BUNA, BAE, BES, SAN and SUS.