Unscramble EMPLUMES and you have 128 words, EMPLUMES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from EMPLUMES split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 27 with 5, 47 with 4, 35 with 3 and 11 with 2.
MUMPS tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EMPLUMES at 11 points; next come LEMME and LUMME on 9. SLEEP, PULSE and PLUME will look familiar.
MUMP scores highest among the 4-letter words from EMPLUMES at 10 points, ahead of LUMP and MEME on 8. PLUS, SEEM and PEEL are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of EMPLUMES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with EM · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PUMMELS (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: EMPLUMES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPLUMES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 128) | 91 | 128 | 87 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
37 of the 128 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMPLUMES, EMPLUME, EMPUSE, LEMME, LUMME, EMULES, EMULE, LEEPS, LEMES, MESEL, MEUSE, MULSE and 25 more. 4 of the 128 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MEMES, MEME, MES and UMS.
This word takes every letter of EMPLUMES plus a single extra one.