Unscramble CHARMONIUM and you have 271 words, CHARMONIUM itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. CHROMIUM is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CHARMONIUM split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 6 with 8, 14 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with CHARMONIUM letters: HARMONIUM, 16 points.
4 of 39 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CHARMONIUM tie at 13 points; none scores more. ANCHOR, MICRON and MOHAIR will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHARMONIUM; 14 of them share the top score of 12. HUMAN, MARCH and CHINA are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from CHARMONIUM, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. MUCH, HOUR and HAIR are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in CHARMONIUM, HMM leads with 10 points, then ACH and CHA on 8. CAN, CAR and MAN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CHARMONIUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CH · ending in UM · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHROMIUM (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CHARMONIUM, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARMONIUM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 209 | 271 | 181 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
62 of the 271 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHARMONIUM, CHOIRMAN, MANIHOC, MOHICAN, UNCHARM, HORMIC, MORCHA, CHIMO, CONARIUM, MACHI, CHINAR, CHORIA and 50 more. 28 of the 271 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MOCHI, MUCHO, UMMAH, UNCHAIR, CAHOUN, MARCONI, ANCHO, ARCHI, CHIRU, COMM, UNICOM, CHAI and 16 more.