Unscramble AMBOINAS and you have 203 words, AMBOINAS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: BONAMIAS. Of the shorter words, ABOMASI, AMBOINA and BONAMIA lead with 11 points. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from AMBOINAS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 10 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
11 of 43 5-letter words you get when you unscramble AMBOINAS tie at 9 points; none scores more. BASIN, MASON and AMINO will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in AMBOINAS, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. MAIN, AIMS and BIAS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with AMBOINAS letters, BAM, MIB and MOB tie for first at 7 points. MAN, BIN and AIM are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of AMBOINAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AM · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of AMBOINAS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AMBOINAS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMBOINAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 203) | 155 | 203 | 140 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
48 of the 203 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BONAMIAS, BONAMIA, AMBANS, BONISM, AMBAN, BISOM, BOMAS, NIMBS, SIMBA, BANIAS, BOMA, NIMB and 36 more. 15 of the 203 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AMINOS, AMNIOS, AMNIO, MANIS, SOMAN, MANI, MASA, OBAS, OMAS, SOBA, MOI, OBA and 3 more.
These 2 words take every letter of AMBOINAS plus a single extra one.