Unscramble CRUMENAL to get 222 words. CRUMENAL itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CRUMENAL by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 25 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
9 of 25 6-letter words in CRUMENAL tie at 10 points; none scores more. NEURAL, UNREAL and MANURE will look familiar.
Of the 51 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CRUMENAL, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. LEARN, CLEAR and CLEAN are the ones most people know.
12 of 60 4-letter words from CRUMENAL tie at 8 points; none scores more. NAME, CARE and MEAN will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with CRUMENAL letters, CAM, CUM and MAC tie for first at 7 points. ARE, CAN and CAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CRUMENAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CR · ending in AL · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACUMEN, ALMUCE, CALMER, CARMEN, CULMEN, MACULE and MARCEL (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CRUMENAL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRUMENAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 172 | 222 | 165 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRUMENAL, CRUMEN, ENCALM, CLAME, CRAME, CAUM, CLEM, CREM, MURENA, MURLAN, RANCEL, RAUCLE and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CULMEN, MERC, RAMEN, LUMA, CAL, CRU and LUN, 7 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of CRUMENAL spell the words below.