Unscramble AMBUSCADE and you have 224 words, AMBUSCADE itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SAMBUCA and AMBSACE, 13 points each. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from AMBUSCADE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble AMBUSCADE; 5 of them share the top score of 10. BASED, CAUSE and ABUSE are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from AMBUSCADE, DUMB leads with 9 points, then ABAC and ACME on 8. MADE, CAME and BEDS are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 3-letter words from AMBUSCADE tie at 7 points; none scores more. DUE, BAD and BED will look familiar.
These 2 words have the length of AMBUSCADE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with AM · ending in DE · all 9-letter words
AMBUSCADE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AMBUSCADE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMBUSCADE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 178 | 224 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEMADS, BEMUDS, CAUMED, BEMAD, BEMUD, ABACS, CABAS, CADEAU, CAMUS, CAUDAE, CAUMS, EMACS and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SCUBAED, CUMS, MEDS, DUM, BAE, BES, MES, UMS, DAS, EDS and DA, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of AMBUSCADE and one more.