Unscramble WATCHBOX and you have 104 words, WATCHBOX itself among them: it scores 25 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from WATCHBOX by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 8 with 5, 27 with 4, 49 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WATCHBOX, HOAX leads with 14 points, then COAX and COXA on 13. BOTH, CHAT and BOAT are the familiar ones.
HOX, WAX and WOX share the top score of 13 among the 3-letter words from WATCHBOX. WHO, TWO and BOX are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of WATCHBOX but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with WA · ending in OX · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HATBOX (18 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: WATCHBOX is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATCHBOX itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 104) | 80 | 104 | 76 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 24 of them: WATCHBOX, WOTCHA, HOX, WOX, COHAB, BOWAT, CHOTA, TACHO, WHOT, WOAH, BHAT, COTH and 12 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: CATH, OCH, OWT and OBA.