Unscramble CAMBIUMS and you have 122 words, CAMBIUMS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. CAMBIUM and CAMBISM are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
C34A1M34B34I1U12M34S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CAMBIUMS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 9 with 6, 20 with 5, 35 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Keep every letter of CAMBIUMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
CAMBIUMS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CAMBIUMS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMBIUMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 122) | 108 | 122 | 92 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Words With Friends*: CUMBIAS, CUMBIA, SABICU, UMAMIS, CAMIS, UMAMI, UMMAS, CAMI, CUMS, MAMS, MICS, UMMA and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AMUSIC, CAMUS, CAUMS, SIMBA, BACS, CAUM, BAC, MASU, SAIC, SAIM, SAM, SMA and 2 more, 14 in all.