Unscramble WIDEBANDS to get 257 words. WIDEBANDS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WIDEBAND leads with 15 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from WIDEBANDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 14 with 7, 34 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
4 of 34 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WIDEBANDS tie at 11 points; none scores more. BIASED and BANDED will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from WIDEBANDS, BAWDS leads with 11 points, then BAWNS and BESAW on 10. BASED, BANDS and WINDS are the familiar ones.
BAWD scores highest among the 4-letter words in WIDEBANDS at 10 points, ahead of BAWN and DAWD on 9. NEWS, WIDE and BAND are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with WIDEBANDS letters, WAB and WEB tie for first at 8 points. NEW, WAS and ADD are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of WIDEBANDS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with WI · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WIDEBAND (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: WIDEBANDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WIDEBANDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 205 | 257 | 193 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
52 of the 257 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WIDEBANDS, BEDAWINS, BEDAWIN, SWADDIE, ABIDDEN, DEWANIS, BESAW, DAWDS, DEWANI, INDEWS, WADDS, WAINED and 40 more. 12 of the 257 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BAWNS, NEWBS, BAWN, BEDAD, NEWB, BAE, BES, EW, DAN, DAS, EDS and DA.