Unscramble BELEMNITE and you have 152 words, BELEMNITE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. BELTMEN is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BELEMNITE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 12 with 6, 22 with 5, 58 with 4, 39 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BELEMNITE, NEEMB leads with 9 points, then BELEE and BELIE on 7. ELITE, INLET and MELEE are the familiar ones.
LIMB and NIMB are the top 4-letter words from BELEMNITE, 8 points each. TIME, BEEN and ITEM will look familiar.
MIB scores highest among the 3-letter words from BELEMNITE at 7 points, ahead of BEE and BEL on 5. MEN, LET and NET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BELEMNITE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
The meaning of BELEMNITE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BELEMNITE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELEMNITE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 152) | 114 | 151 | 108 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BELTMEN, BEMETE, BETEEM, NEEMB, NIMB, TEMENE, BELEE, BENET, ELMEN, MEINT, NEBEL, BEIN and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MENTEE, NIBLET, LENITE, INTEL, TEIN and TE, 6 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.
This word takes every letter of BELEMNITE plus a single extra one.