152 words come out when you unscramble BECRIMED, starting with BECRIMED itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. BECRIME is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34E1C34R1I1M34E1D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BECRIMED by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 11 with 6, 35 with 5, 58 with 4, 32 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Among 35 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BECRIMED, the top score is 10, reached by 6. CRIME, BRIDE and BREED are the familiar ones.
9 of 58 4-letter words from BECRIMED tie at 8 points; none scores more. BIRD, RIDE and RICE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BECRIMED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BE · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
BECRIMED 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 BECRIMED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECRIMED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 152) | 119 | 152 | 113 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: CRIMED, DECIME, EREMIC, BREDIE, BREEM, BREME, REMEID, BREID, CREM, CRIM, DRICE, MERED and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: BERMED, DEMIC, BEEDI, MERC, CRED and MIC.
This word takes every letter of BECRIMED plus a single extra one.