Unscramble BULIMIES to get 126 words. BULIMIES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. SUBLIME is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
B34U12L12I1M34I1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BULIMIES split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 26 with 5, 39 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2.
9 of 26 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BULIMIES tie at 9 points; none scores more. MILES, BLUES and SMILE will look familiar.
The 4-letter words from BULIMIES are led by BUMS, LIMB and MIBS, 8 points each. BLUE, MILE and SEMI are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BULIMIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BU · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SUBLIME (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BULIMIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULIMIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 126) | 106 | 126 | 100 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BULIMIES, EMBUS, LUMBI, UMBLE, BULSE, MUILS, MULSE, SIMUL, MEUS, MUIL, SIMI, SLEB and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MULIES, MULIE, SUMI, BES, MES and UMS, 6 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of BULIMIES plus a single extra one.