123 words come out when you unscramble BACULUMS, starting with BACULUMS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. BACULUM is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34A1C34U12L12U12M34S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BACULUMS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 4 with 6, 23 with 5, 47 with 4, 36 with 3 and 10 with 2.
19 of 47 4-letter words from BACULUMS tie at 8 points; none scores more. CLUB, LABS and CAMS will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BACULUMS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
BACULUMS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BACULUMS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACULUMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 123) | 100 | 123 | 94 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
23 of the 123 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LUCUMAS, LACMUS, LUCUMA, LUMBUS, CAMUS, CAUMS, CUSUM, BACS, CAUM, BAC, BALUS, MALUS and 11 more. 6 of the 123 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CUMS, LUMAS, CALS, LUMA, CAL and UMS.