Unscramble BESMUDGE and you have 155 words, BESMUDGE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BEMUSED and EMBUSED lead with 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BESMUDGE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 12 with 6, 29 with 5, 51 with 4, 47 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Of the 29 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BESMUDGE, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. DEBUG, EDGES and SUEDE are the ones most people know.
DUMB tops the 4-letter words from BESMUDGE at 9 points; next come BUMS on 8 and BEDE on 7. USED, EDGE and SEEM will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words in BESMUDGE is BUM, 7 points; BED and BEG on 6 follow. USE, SEE and DUE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BESMUDGE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BE · ending in GE · all 8-letter words
BESMUDGE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BESMUDGE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESMUDGE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 155) | 115 | 155 | 105 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: EMBUSED, BEMUDS, BEMUD, MUDGES, EMBUS, MEUSED, MUDGE, BEDES, DEBES, DEBUS, BEDE, DEBE and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: BEGEMS, BEGEM, MEDS, MEGS, DUM, MEG, BES, MES, UMS and EDS.
Each word below uses all the letters of BESMUDGE and one more.