Unscramble EMBELLISH and you have 167 words, EMBELLISH itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BLEMISH, 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from EMBELLISH split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 8 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 16 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with EMBELLISH letters: SHLEMIEL, 13 points.
Of the 40 5-letter words from EMBELLISH, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. MILES, HILLS and SHELL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with EMBELLISH letters, the top score is 9, reached by 10. SELL, BILL and HILL are the familiar ones.
HEM, HIM and MEH share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EMBELLISH. SEE, ILL and LIE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EMBELLISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EM · ending in SH · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BLEMISH (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EMBELLISH, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMBELLISH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 133 | 166 | 130 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
31 of the 167 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BHELS, HIEMS, SEMBLE, BHEL, HELES, LEISH, LEMELS, SHEEL, BLEES, EISH, HELE, LEMEL and 19 more. 5 of the 167 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BISH, HIMS, MEH, BES and MES. 2 of the 167 answers are missing from Scrabble US: HEBES and HEBE. 1 of the 167 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.