Unscramble IAMBS to get 40 words. IAMBS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: BIMAS and SIMBA. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from IAMBS by length: 3 with 5 letters, 10 with 4, 17 with 3 and 10 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of IAMBS, with one letter different:
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The meaning of IAMBS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
IAMBS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAMBS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 40) | 35 | 40 | 35 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
5 of the 40 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIMBA, SAIM, SAM, SMA and SAI.
These 10 words take every letter of IAMBS plus a single extra one.