175 words come out when you unscramble AMBACHES, starting with AMBACHES itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. AMBACH is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from AMBACHES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 12 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in AMBACHES: AMBSACE, for 13 points.
Among 35 5-letter words from AMBACHES, the top score is 12, reached by 10. BEACH, CHASE and SHAME are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble AMBACHES tie at 11 points; none scores more. EACH, CASE and BASE will look familiar.
Of the 47 3-letter words made with AMBACHES letters, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. HAS, SEA and SEC are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of AMBACHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AM · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AMBSACE, BACHES, CASBAH, MACHES, SACHEM, SAMECH, SCHEMA and SHAMBA (13 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: AMBACHES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMBACHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 131 | 175 | 119 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: AMBACHES, AMBACH, BACHAS, CAMASH, BACHA, BACHS, HAMBA, ASHAME, SABHA, SAHEB, SHAMA, ABACS and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: SHAMBA, CHEMS, MECHS, CHEM, MECH, MEH, AHS, BAES, MASA, BAE, BES and MES.
This word takes every letter of AMBACHES plus a single extra one.