Unscramble EMBUSIES and you have 110 words, EMBUSIES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
E1M34B34U12S1I1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from EMBUSIES split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 21 with 5, 35 with 4, 29 with 3 and 12 with 2.
BUMS and MIBS share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words from EMBUSIES. USES, MISS and SEEM are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of EMBUSIES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with EM · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BEMUSES (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EMBUSIES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMBUSIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 110) | 86 | 110 | 78 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMBUSIES, EMBUSES, EMBUS, MEUSES, MISSEE, SEMIES, SMEUSE, MESES, MEUSE, MUSSE, SEMIE, SMEES and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BESES, SUMIS, SUMI, BES, MES, UMS, ESSE and SUS, 8 in all.