Unscramble CALUMNIOUS and you have 312 words, CALUMNIOUS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ACUMINOUS, INOCULUMS and UNMUSICAL lead with 13 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CALUMNIOUS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 7 with 8, 32 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
Of the 32 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CALUMNIOUS, 17 score 11 points, the group's best. MUSICAL, COLUMNS and ALUMNUS are the ones most people know.
30 of 60 6-letter words from CALUMNIOUS tie at 10 points; none scores more. CASINO, CLAIMS and COLUMN will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in CALUMNIOUS, 31 score 9 points, the group's best. MUSIC, CLAIM and COINS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with CALUMNIOUS letters; 17 of them share the top score of 8. MAIL, MAIN and ICON are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CALUMNIOUS, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. CAN, MAN and CON are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CALUMNIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACUMINOUS, INOCULUMS and UNMUSICAL (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CALUMNIOUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALUMNIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 312) | 255 | 312 | 224 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: CONIMAS, LUCUMAS, LUCUMOS, MALONIC, AMUSIC, CLOAMS, CONIMA, COSMIN, LACMUS, LUCUMA, LUCUMO, MANCUS and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 31 of them: ACUMINOUS, CULMINA, UNICOMS, UNICOM, UNICUM, ALNICOS, CAMIS, CAMOS, MONIC, AMINOS, AMNIOS, CAMI and 19 more.
With one more tile, the letters of CALUMNIOUS spell the words below.