165 words come out when you unscramble GLUMNESS, starting with GLUMNESS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from GLUMNESS split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 32 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 13 with 2.
7 of 32 5-letter words from GLUMNESS tie at 8 points; none scores more. GUESS, MENUS and GENUS will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GLUMNESS; 9 of them share the top score of 7. LESS, MENU and USES are everyday picks.
Of the 46 3-letter words from GLUMNESS, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. USE, MEN and SUN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GLUMNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GL · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
GLUMNESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GLUMNESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLUMNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 136 | 165 | 122 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MUNGES, MENGS, MULSES, MUNGE, SMUGS, GUSLES, MENG, MULSE, MUSSE, GUSLE, LENGS, MEUS and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GLUMS, MUNGS, MEGS, MUNG, MEG, MES, NEGS, NUGS, UMS, LUNS, NEG, NUG and 2 more, 14 in all.
This word takes every letter of GLUMNESS plus a single extra one.