Unscramble WHEREABOUTS and you have 370 words, WHEREABOUTS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WHEREABOUT leads with 18 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from WHEREABOUTS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 3 with 9, 24 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 40 with 2.
Among the 10-letter words in WHEREABOUTS, WHEREABOUT leads with 18 points, then HEREABOUTS on 15.
BEWHORES scores highest among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble WHEREABOUTS at 16 points, ahead of WAREHOUS and WEATHERS on 14.
Among the 7-letter words from WHEREABOUTS, BESHREW, BEWHORE and WASHTUB tie for first at 15 points. WEATHER, AUTHORS and HEATERS are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WHEREABOUTS, BUSHWA leads with 14 points, then AWHETO and HAWSER on 12. SHOWER, THROWS and WASHER are the familiar ones.
HOWBE tops the 5-letter words from WHEREABOUTS at 13 points; next come HAWSE and HEWER on 11. WORTH, THROW and BRUSH will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in WHEREABOUTS; 18 of them share the top score of 10. SHOW, BOTH and BUSH are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with WHEREABOUTS letters, the top score is 9, reached by 5. WAS, HAS and WHO are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of WHEREABOUTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with WH · ending in TS · all 11-letter words
The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BREWHOUSE (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WHEREABOUTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEREABOUTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 370) | 271 | 370 | 256 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEWHORES, BEWHORE, WAREHOUS, WHEREOUT, AWHETOS, BATHORSE, HARTBEES, HOWBE, TARBOUSH, THROWES, WAREHOU, WHERESO and 86 more, 98 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BREWHOUSE, BESTOWER, WATERBUS, WHATSO, BOWSER, BRUHS, SHWA, BRUH, AHS, EEW, HOS, OWT and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US: HEBE.