Unscramble DRUMBLING to get 181 words. DRUMBLING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DRUMBLING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 13 with 6, 27 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in DRUMBLING: RUMBLING, for 13 points.
Among the 5-letter words from DRUMBLING, LUMBI leads with 9 points, then BLIND and BLING on 8. BUILD, BRING and GUILD are the familiar ones.
DUMB scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DRUMBLING at 9 points, ahead of BRIM and LIMB on 8. GIRL, DRUG and MIND are the ones most people know.
BUM and MIB are the top 3-letter words from DRUMBLING, 7 points each. BIG, BID and BIN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DRUMBLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DR · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
DRUMBLING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DRUMBLING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRUMBLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 181) | 140 | 181 | 129 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
41 of the 181 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MURLING, UMBRIL, INGRUM, LIGNUM, LUMBI, BLUID, MUDIR, MURLIN, NIMB, UNGILD, BLUD, BUDI and 29 more. 11 of the 181 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LUBING, BLING, BRUNG, BING, MUNG, RUBLI, DUM, LUD, NUG, GI and LUN.