Unscramble BACULUM and you have 45 words, BACULUM itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. BACULUM as a single 7-tile play makes 63 in Scrabble, 13 plus the 50 bonus, and 54 in Words With Friends (19 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BACULUM by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 1 with 5, 14 with 4, 20 with 3 and 8 with 2.
LUCUMA is the only one of the 6-letter words in BACULUM; it scores 10 points.
Just 1 of the 5-letter words made with BACULUM letters: ALBUM, for 9 points.
Keep every letter of BACULUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BA · ending in UM · all 7-letter words
What BACULUM means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. BACULUM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACULUM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 45) | 38 | 45 | 36 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
7 of the 45 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LUCUMA, CAUM, BAC, BALU, MAL, UMU and ALU. 2 of the 45 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LUMA and CAL.
Each word below uses all the letters of BACULUM and one more.