Unscramble ALUMINOUS to get 252 words. ALUMINOUS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LUMINOUS and LAMINOUS lead with 10 points. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ALUMINOUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
Among 33 6-letter words from ALUMINOUS, the top score is 8, reached by 26. ALUMNI and SALMON are the familiar ones.
48 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ALUMINOUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. LOANS, MASON and AMINO will look familiar.
All 60 of the 4-letter words in ALUMINOUS score 6 points. MAIL, MAIN and AIMS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with ALUMINOUS letters; 33 of them share the top score of 5. MAN, OIL and AIM are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ALUMINOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AL · ending in US · all 9-letter words
The meaning of ALUMINOUS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ALUMINOUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMINOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 182 | 252 | 161 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MONAULS, MONIALS, SOMNIAL, ALMOUS, AUMILS, LIMOUS, MANULS, MASLIN, MONALS, MONAUL, MONIAL, ONIUMS and 58 more, 70 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AMINOS, AMNIOS, LOUMAS, SALUMI, AMNIO, LOUMA, LUMAS, MANIS, SOMAN, INSULA, LUMA, MANI and 9 more, 21 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ALUMINOUS and one more.