247 words come out when you unscramble WISHBONES, starting with WISHBONES itself: 17 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. WISHBONE is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from WISHBONES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 34 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
WISHBONE is the only one of the 8-letter words in WISHBONES; it scores 16 points.
4 of 34 6-letter words from WISHBONES tie at 12 points; none scores more. WISHES, SHINES and NOISES will look familiar.
HOWBE scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WISHBONES at 13 points, ahead of HOWES and SHEWN on 11. SHOWS, SHOES and SHOWN are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in WISHBONES; 10 of them share the top score of 10. NEWS, SHOW and WISH are everyday picks.
HEW, HOW and WHO share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words made with WISHBONES letters. NEW, WEB and NOW are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of WISHBONES for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with WI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What WISHBONES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. WISHBONES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WISHBONES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 247) | 197 | 247 | 180 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: HOWBE, SNOWISH, BOWSIES, BOWNES, BOWSIE, NEBISH, WHIOS, WHISS, BOWES, BOWIE, BOWNE, WHIO and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: BISHES, NEWBS, BISH, NEWB, SWINES, OWIES, HOSS, OWIE, SESH, SHEN, SOHS, HOS and 5 more.