Unscramble CUMBROUS and you have 133 words, CUMBROUS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CUMBROUS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 9 with 6, 22 with 5, 44 with 4, 43 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CUMBROUS, COMB leads with 10 points, then BORM and BUMS on 8. CUBS, SOUR and CURB are the familiar ones.
Of the 43 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CUMBROUS, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. SUB, BUS and SUM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CUMBROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CU · ending in US · all 8-letter words
What CUMBROUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CUMBROUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUMBROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 133) | 94 | 133 | 85 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
39 of the 133 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CROMBS, CROMB, UMBROUS, CORMUS, COURBS, MORBUS, RUMBOS, BORMS, COMUS, COURB, CUSUM, OMBUS and 27 more. 9 of the 133 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MUCROS, SCROB, CUMS, CORS, MUSO, CRU, SOC, SOM and UMS.