Unscramble DULCAMARA to get 130 words. DULCAMARA itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2U12L12C34A1M34A1R1A1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DULCAMARA split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 8 with 6, 18 with 5, 48 with 4, 41 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
8 of 48 4-letter words from DULCAMARA tie at 8 points; none scores more. CARD, DUAL and DRUM will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DULCAMARA for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DU · ending in RA · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CALAMAR and MACULAR (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DULCAMARA, but the Words With Friends list does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DULCAMARA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 101 | 130 | 93 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
29 of the 130 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DULCAMARA, CAMA, CAUDA, CAUM, MACA, DRAC, MARD, RUMAL, AMLA, MALA, MURL, RACA and 17 more. 8 of the 130 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RAMADA, CUM, RAMAL, DUM, LUMA, CAL, CRU and LUD.
This word takes every letter of DULCAMARA plus a single extra one.