Unscramble BINOMINAL and you have 165 words, BINOMINAL itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34I1N12O1M34I1N12A1L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BINOMINAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 11 with 6, 23 with 5, 56 with 4, 47 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in BINOMINAL: BINOMIAL, for 12 points.
Of the 56 4-letter words in BINOMINAL, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. MAIL, MAIN and LOAN are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with BINOMINAL letters, BAM, MIB and MOB tie for first at 7 points. MAN, OIL and INN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BINOMINAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BI · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BINOMIAL (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BINOMINAL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BINOMINAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 139 | 165 | 128 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: BINOMINAL, BAININ, BILIAN, BOMA, MONIAL, NIMB, MONAL, BONA, LOBI, LOMA, MALI, MINO and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: BINMAN, LAMININ, MONILIA, AMNIO, MANI, MOI, OBA, OMA, NANO, NONI and OI.
This word takes every letter of BINOMINAL plus a single extra one.