Unscramble CRIBELLA to get 178 words. CRIBELLA itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CRIBELLA by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 20 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 39 5-letter words from CRIBELLA, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. CLEAR, CABLE and LABEL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CRIBELLA, the top score is 8, reached by 4. CARE, CALL and CELL are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CRIBELLA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CR · ending in LA · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CALIBER and CALIBRE (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CRIBELLA, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIBELLA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 148 | 178 | 139 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
30 of the 178 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRIBELLA, ICEBALL, BECALL, CABRIE, CRIBLE, CABRE, ALLICE, CAILLE, BAC, BELAR, BLAER, ERBIA and 18 more. 9 of the 178 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CABLER, BALLIER, BEAL, CRIA, RABI, BAE, CAL, ARIE and RAI.
With one more tile, the letters of CRIBELLA spell the words below.