Unscramble BEAMINGS and you have 244 words, BEAMINGS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 13 points: EMBASING and MISBEGAN. Of the shorter words, BEAMING leads with 12 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from BEAMINGS by length: 3 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
The 6-letter words from BEAMINGS are led by BAGMEN and GAMBES, 11 points each. IMAGES, BEGINS and BEINGS are the familiar ones.
GAMBE and GAMBS are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BEAMINGS, 10 points each. GAMES, BEING and IMAGE will look familiar.
GAMB scores highest among the 4-letter words in BEAMINGS at 9 points, ahead of BAMS and BEAM on 8. GAME, MAIN and BASE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with BEAMINGS letters, BAM and MIB tie for first at 7 points. BIG, MAN and MEN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BEAMINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BE · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MISBEGAN (13 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BEAMINGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAMINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 244) | 196 | 244 | 179 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEAMINGS, EMBASING, IMBASE, MEASING, BAGIES, BENGAS, BESANG, BESING, MAGNES, MASING, MINGES, NIMBS and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MANEBS, MANEB, BING, MANIS, MEGA, MEGS, BAES, MANI, MEG, BAE, BES, MES and 5 more, 17 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of BEAMINGS spell the words below.