Unscramble IMBECILES to get 148 words. IMBECILES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are IMBECILE and MISCIBLE, 14 points each. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from IMBECILES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 18 with 6, 29 with 5, 49 with 4, 33 with 3 and 11 with 2.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble IMBECILES is CLIMB, 11 points; BICES and CELEB on 9 follow. MILES, SMILE and SLICE are everyday picks.
7 of 49 4-letter words you get when you unscramble IMBECILES tie at 8 points; none scores more. SEEM, MILE and SEMI will look familiar.
Keep every letter of IMBECILES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IM · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of IMBECILES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept IMBECILES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMBECILES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 148) | 112 | 148 | 105 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMBLICS, LIMBECS, EMBLIC, LIMBEC, LESBIC, MELICS, SEMBLE, CLEMS, MIELIES, SCLIM, CLEM, ILICES and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EMICS, CEILIS, MICS, CEILI, MIC, BES and MES, 7 in all.