No word spells BUTMINE. Unscramble BUTMINE instead and you have 92 words, and the best is BITUMEN at 11 points. The strongest shorter word is IMBUE, 9 points. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BUTMINE by length: 1 with 7 letters, 4 with 6, 5 with 5, 33 with 4, 32 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in BUTMINE: BITUMEN, for 11 points.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BUTMINE, NIMB and NUMB tie for first at 8 points. TIME, ITEM and UNIT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BUTMINE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BI · ending in EN · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BITUMEN (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
None of the three games accepts BUTMINE itself. Its letters still make 92 playable words, split by game below.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTMINE itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 92) | 80 | 91 | 75 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MUNITE, NIMB, MEINT, BEIN, BENI, BIEN, MEIN, MENT, MUTI, MEU, UME and NIE, 12 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TUM, TEIN, UNI, UTE and TE, 5 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.
With one more tile, the letters of BUTMINE spell the words below.