Unscramble AMBIGUOUS and you have 192 words, AMBIGUOUS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. BIGAMOUS and SUBIMAGO are the best of the shorter words, at 13 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.
By length, the words from AMBIGUOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 1 with 7, 10 with 6, 31 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in AMBIGUOUS: BAGUIOS, 10 points.
The 5-letter words from AMBIGUOUS are led by GAMBO, GAMBS and GUMBO, 10 points each. SIGMA, BOGUS and AMIGO are the familiar ones.
GAMB scores highest among the 4-letter words from AMBIGUOUS at 9 points, ahead of AMBO and BAMS on 8. BAGS, BUGS and AIMS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in AMBIGUOUS; 4 of them share the top score of 7. BIG, AGO and GAS are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of AMBIGUOUS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with AM · ending in US · all 9-letter words
What AMBIGUOUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AMBIGUOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMBIGUOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 192) | 150 | 192 | 134 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
42 of the 192 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SUBIMAGO, GAMBOS, BAGUIOS, GAMBO, BAGUIO, BISOM, BOMAS, OMBUS, SIMBA, BOMA, GIBUS, GOBIS and 30 more. 16 of the 192 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BIGOS, BIOGS, BIOG, MUSO, OBAS, OMAS, SOBA, MOI, OBA, OMA, SOM, UMS and 4 more.