Unscramble TINDERBOXES to get 390 words. TINDERBOXES itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
T1I1N12D2E1R1B34O1X8E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from TINDERBOXES split into 1 with 11 letters, 9 with 9, 44 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2. None has 10 letters.
44 8-letter words in TINDERBOXES; 4 of them share the top score of 16. RESIDENT, ORIENTED and INSERTED are everyday picks.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble TINDERBOXES, SEEDBOX leads with 17 points, then BONXIES and BOXIEST on 16. EXTENDS, INDEXES and EXISTED are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 6-letter words from TINDERBOXES tie at 15 points; none scores more. BODIES, EXTEND and BREEDS will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words from TINDERBOXES is BOXED, 15 points; BOXEN and BOXER on 14 follow. INDEX, BOXES and EXIST are everyday picks.
IBEX tops the 4-letter words in TINDERBOXES at 13 points; next come EXED and OXID on 12. BEEN, NEXT and BEST will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with TINDERBOXES letters, BOX leads with 12 points, then DEX and DOX on 11. BIT, SIX and BID are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of TINDERBOXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with TI · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DEXTRINES (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TINDERBOXES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TINDERBOXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 390) | 290 | 389 | 262 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEEDBOX, BONXIES, BOXTIES, BONXIE, EXODIST, NITROXES, OXTERED, RETOXED, BOXEN, DENTEX, EXODES, EXTINES and 88 more, 100 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INBOXES, DEXTERS, DEIXES, INBOX, REXINES, SEXTED, DOXES, REXINE, EXED, NEXTS, OXERS, SEXER and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.