Unscramble CIMBALOM and you have 123 words, CIMBALOM itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, IMBALM leads with 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
C34I1M34B34A1L12O1M34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CIMBALOM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 6, 15 with 5, 47 with 4, 41 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words in CIMBALOM: IMBALM, 12 points.
COMB and COMM are the top 4-letter words from CIMBALOM, 10 points each. MAIL, COAL and CIAO will look familiar.
Of the 41 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CIMBALOM, 13 score 7 points, the group's best. OIL, LAB and MOM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CIMBALOM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CI · ending in OM · all 8-letter words
What CIMBALOM means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CIMBALOM, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIMBALOM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 123) | 107 | 123 | 95 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLOAM, LIMMA, BOMA, MICO, BAC, ALCO, LOBI, LOMA, MALI, MOAI, BAO, BOI and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COMBI, COMM, CAMI, CAMO, MAM, MIC, CAL, LOC, MOI, OBA, OMA and OI, 12 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CIMBALOM and one more.