Unscramble BELAMOUR and you have 231 words, BELAMOUR itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
B34E1L12A1M34O1U12R1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BELAMOUR by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BELAMOUR, 21 score 9 points, the group's best. ALBUM, LABOR and MORAL are the ones most people know.
14 of 60 4-letter words from BELAMOUR tie at 8 points; none scores more. MORE, BLUE and ABLE will look familiar.
BAM, BUM and MOB share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words in BELAMOUR. ARE, MAR and BAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BELAMOUR but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AMBLER, BLAMER, BROMAL, BRUMAL, LABRUM, LAMBER, LUMBAR and LUMBER (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BELAMOUR 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELAMOUR itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 178 | 230 | 169 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: BELAMOUR, BEMAUL, BUMALO, UMBREL, BRAME, MELBA, MOBLE, RUMBO, UMBLE, UMBRE, BOMA, BORM and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: LOUMA, RUBEL, BEAL, LUMA, BAE, EMO, OBA, OMA and ARO. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: EBOLA.
These 5 words take every letter of BELAMOUR plus a single extra one.