Unscramble CALUMBAS and you have 171 words, CALUMBAS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from CALUMBAS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 12 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 11 with 2.
19 of 40 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CALUMBAS tie at 9 points; none scores more. ALBUM, CLUBS and SCUBA will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from CALUMBAS, 23 score 8 points, the group's best. CLUB, LABS and CAMS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CALUMBAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SAMBUCA (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CALUMBAS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALUMBAS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 171) | 131 | 171 | 122 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
40 of the 171 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CALUMBAS, CALUMBA, LACMUS, ABACS, CABAS, CAMUS, CAUMS, MACAS, ABAC, BACS, CABA, CAMA and 28 more. 9 of the 171 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SAMBAL, CUMS, LUMAS, SABAL, CALS, LUMA, MASA, CAL and UMS.