Hidden inside odtbu is one standout: doubt, a five-letter play worth 8 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 20 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ODTBU isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to DOUBT (verb), to be uncertain about, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
doubt is the highest-scoring word from odtbu, worth 8 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 20 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling odtbu produces exactly one five-letter word: doubt. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling odtbu turns up 12 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bud, but, dot, out, and tub. For points, the strongest plays are bod, bud, and dub — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Swap a single tile in odtbu and you get a different five-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 4 of the 5 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is doubt, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and no other word from odtbu earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in odtbu produce 20 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 five-letter word, 2 four-letter words, 12 three-letter words and 5 two-letter words.