Unscramble BITUMINISE and you have 243 words, BITUMINISE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BITUMENS, 12 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from BITUMINISE split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 15 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 9 letters.
8 of 23 6-letter words from BITUMINISE tie at 10 points; none scores more. SUBMIT, MINUTE and UNITES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BITUMINISE, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. ITEMS, TIMES and SUITE are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words made with BITUMINISE letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. BEST, ITEM and MUST will look familiar.
BUM and MIB share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BITUMINISE. BUT, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BITUMINISE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with BI · ending in SE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BITUMENS (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BITUMINISE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BITUMINISE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 243) | 198 | 241 | 185 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
45 of the 243 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BITUMINISE, SUBMEN, EMBUS, MINIEST, MUNITES, NIMBS, MUNITE, NIMB, STIMIE, BEINS, BENIS, BESIT and 33 more. 13 of the 243 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BIMINIS, BIMINI, BUTES, STIM, BES, MES, TEINS, TUM, UMS, EST, TES, UNI and 1 more. 2 of the 243 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.
Each word below uses all the letters of BITUMINISE and one more.