Unscramble CAUMS to get 30 words. CAUMS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: CAMUS, MUSCA and SUMAC. The best shorter words score 8: 6 of them, CAMS, SCAM and MACS included. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CAUMS by length: 4 with 5 letters, 8 with 4, 12 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Trade one tile of CAUMS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with CA · ending in MS · all 5-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MUSCA and SUMAC (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts CAUMS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAUMS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 30) | 24 | 30 | 22 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
6 of the 30 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAMUS, CAUMS, CAUM, MASU, SAM and SMA. 2 of the 30 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CUMS and UMS.
Each word below uses all the letters of CAUMS and one more.