Unscramble LUMINANCE to get 252 words. LUMINANCE itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. CLINAMEN is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LUMINANCE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 11 with 7, 43 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 21 with 2.
CLINAMEN is the only one of the 8-letter words made with LUMINANCE letters; it scores 12 points.
13 of 43 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LUMINANCE tie at 10 points; none scores more. ALUMNI, CINEMA and CANINE will look familiar.
Of the 59 5-letter words from LUMINANCE, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. EMAIL, CLEAN and CLAIM are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from LUMINANCE, the top score is 8, reached by 12. NAME, MAIL and MAIN are the familiar ones.
4 of 56 3-letter words in LUMINANCE tie at 7 points; none scores more. CAN, MAN and MEN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of LUMINANCE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with LU · ending in CE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CULMINA and MELANIC (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. LUMINANCE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUMINANCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 209 | 251 | 197 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLINAMEN, CNEMIAL, ENCALM, MALEIC, NINCUM, CLAME, ANCILE, CAUM, CLEM, EUCAIN, LUMINE, NEANIC and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CULMINA, CULMEN, CAMI, EMAIL, INCEL, MIC, MULIE, UNICA, LUMA, MANI, CAL, LUN and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCE.
With one more tile, the letters of LUMINANCE spell the words below.