Unscramble COMBUSTIONS to get 327 words. COMBUSTIONS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, COMBUSTION leads with 16 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from COMBUSTIONS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 7 with 8, 49 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with COMBUSTIONS letters: COMBUSTION, for 16 points.
4 of 49 7-letter words you get when you unscramble COMBUSTIONS tie at 13 points; none scores more. CUSTOMS, CONSIST and MOTIONS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from COMBUSTIONS, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. SUBMIT, CUSTOM and COUNTS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words in COMBUSTIONS; 4 of them share the top score of 11. MUSIC, COSTS and COUNT are everyday picks.
COMB tops the 4-letter words made with COMBUSTIONS letters at 10 points; next come BOOM and BUMS on 8. COST, ICON and BOOT will look familiar.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COMBUSTIONS; 8 of them share the top score of 7. BUT, BIT and CUT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of COMBUSTIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NS · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COMBUSTS (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COMBUSTIONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMBUSTIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 327) | 252 | 325 | 236 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 73 of them: TOMBOCS, TOMBIC, TOMBOC, BONISMS, COSMINS, UNTOMBS, BISOMS, BONISM, COSMIN, IMBOSS, STOCIOUS, TIMBOS and 61 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: COMBIS, BOSONIC, COMBI, UNICOMS, UNICOM, COSMO, MONIC, SOMONIS, SUMOIST, CUMS, CUNITS, MICS and 6 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: BINTS and BINT. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: CUNTS and CUNT.