229 words come out when you unscramble AMBITIOUS, starting with AMBITIOUS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are IAMBIST, STIBIUM and SUBATOM, 11 points each. 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 AMBITIOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 16 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 60 5-letter words from AMBITIOUS, the top score is 9, reached by 13. ABOUT, BOATS and ATOMS are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble AMBITIOUS tie at 8 points; none scores more. MOST, MUST and BOAT will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from AMBITIOUS, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. BUT, ITS and BIT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of AMBITIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AM · ending in US · all 9-letter words
AMBITIOUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. AMBITIOUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMBITIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 167 | 229 | 155 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: IAMBIST, TIMBOS, BISOM, BOMAS, OMBUS, SIMBA, TIMBO, ABOUTS, BOMA, OMBU, OUBITS, SAMITI and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: TSUBO, MUSO, OBAS, OMAS, MOI, OBA, OMA, SOM, TUM, UMS, ATS and OI.