Unscramble TIEBREAKS and you have 298 words, TIEBREAKS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 14 points, BAKERIES, BARKIEST and BEAKIEST among them. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from TIEBREAKS split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 26 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
6 of 26 7-letter words made with TIEBREAKS letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. REBATES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from TIEBREAKS, 11 score 12 points, the group's best. BASKET, BREAST and STRIKE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TIEBREAKS; 19 of them share the top score of 11. BREAK, BAKER and BIKES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in TIEBREAKS, 16 score 10 points, the group's best. RISK, BIKE and SEEK are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with TIEBREAKS letters are led by KAB and KEB, 9 points each. ARE, ART and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of TIEBREAKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TI · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
What TIEBREAKS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TIEBREAKS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIEBREAKS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 298) | 224 | 298 | 204 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESTREAK, BREASKIT, ARKITES, BRAKS, BRIKS, KARITES, KRABS, SAKERET, ARKITE, BRAK, BRIK, KARITE and 62 more, 74 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TIEBREAKS, TIEBREAK, BERKS, BERK, STAKER, KETAS, KRAIS, SAKTI, BESTIE, KETA, KRAI, REBASE and 8 more, 20 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of TIEBREAKS spell the words below.