Unscramble ALYSSUM and you have 90 words, ALYSSUM itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of ALYSSUM is on the page: ASYLUMS, each 12 points. The strongest shorter word is ASYLUM, 11 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of ALYSSUM in one turn: 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50), 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ALYSSUM split into 2 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 17 with 5, 30 with 4, 28 with 3 and 12 with 2.
ASYLUM is the only one of the 6-letter words made with ALYSSUM letters; it scores 11 points.
Keep every letter of ALYSSUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with AL · ending in UM · all 7-letter words
ALYSSUM first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ALYSSUM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALYSSUM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 90) | 70 | 90 | 62 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LYAMS, LYAM, LYMS, MYAL, LYM, AYUS, MALUS, MASUS, AYU, MALS, MASU, SAMS and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MAUSY, SUMY, LASSY, LUMAS, LUMA, YAS, UMS and SUS, 8 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ALYSSUM and one more.