Unscramble LIGUSTRUM to get 178 words. LIGUSTRUM itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12I1G23U12S1T1R1U12M34
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from LIGUSTRUM by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 11 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGUSTRUM, GLIMS and GLUMS tie for first at 8 points. GIRLS, GUILT and GURUS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from LIGUSTRUM, the top score is 7, reached by 9. MUST, GIRL and TRIM are the familiar ones.
GUM, MIG and MUG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in LIGUSTRUM. ITS, SUM and SIR are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of LIGUSTRUM, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in UM · all 9-letter words
What LIGUSTRUM means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LIGUSTRUM, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIGUSTRUM itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 117 | 176 | 105 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
59 of the 178 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GURUISM, SIMURG, MIURUS, MURTIS, GISM, LURGIS, MUILS, MUIRS, MUIST, MURLS, MURTI, MUSIT and 47 more. 12 of the 178 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIGUSTRUM, SIGLUM, GLUMS, STIM, SUMI, TUMS, TULSI, TUM, UMS, GIS, SIG and GI. 2 of the 178 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: MULTI and UGLIS.
This word takes every letter of LIGUSTRUM plus a single extra one.