Unscramble BONAMIA to get 88 words. BONAMIA itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: AMBOINA. ABOMA and AMBAN are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. The 7 letters split into 4 vowels and 3 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of BONAMIA at once for 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50) or 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BONAMIA by length: 2 with 7 letters, 9 with 5, 23 with 4, 35 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Trade one tile of BONAMIA for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AMBOINA (11 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BONAMIA is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONAMIA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 88) | 70 | 88 | 64 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
18 of the 88 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BONAMIA, AMBAN, BOMA, NIMB, BANIA, BONA, MINO, MOAI, MONA, NAAM, BAO, BOI and 6 more. 6 of the 88 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AMNIO, MANI, MOI, OBA, OMA and OI.
With one more tile, the letters of BONAMIA spell the words below.