Unscramble BLACKGUM and you have 96 words, BLACKGUM itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
B34L12A1C34K5G23U12M34
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from BLACKGUM split into 1 with 8 letters, 9 with 5, 36 with 4, 38 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Of the 36 4-letter words in BLACKGUM, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. BACK, CLUB and LACK are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BLACKGUM for another and you can spell this word:
More 8-letter words: starting with BL · ending in UM · all 8-letter words
BLACKGUM 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 BLACKGUM, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKGUM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 96) | 77 | 96 | 70 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
19 of the 96 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BAUK, CAUK, KAM, MAK, CAUM, GAK, GLAUM, KULA, MULGA, BAC, BALU, CAG and 7 more. 7 of the 96 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ACK, BLAG, CUM, GUAC, LUMA, AGLU and CAL.
Each word below uses all the letters of BLACKGUM and one more.