Unscramble GUMBOILS and you have 189 words, GUMBOILS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is GUMBOIL, 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GUMBOILS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
GUMBO tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GUMBOILS at 10 points; next come BISOM and LIMBO on 9. BLOGS, LIMBS and BOGUS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from GUMBOILS, the top score is 8, reached by 6. BLOG, BUGS and SLIM are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words made with GUMBOILS letters, BUM, MIB and MOB tie for first at 7 points. BIG, LOG and OIL are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of GUMBOILS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with GU · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
GUMBOILS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GUMBOILS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUMBOILS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 138 | 188 | 121 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIMBOUS, BISOM, GLOBUS, LUMBI, OMBUS, GIBUS, GLIBS, GLOBI, GOBIS, LIMOUS, MISGO, OMBU and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SIGLUM, BIGOS, BIOGS, BLOGS, GLUMS, BIOG, BLOG, MUSO, SUMI, MOI, SOM, UMS and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS.
Each word below uses all the letters of GUMBOILS and one more.