Unscramble LUMINATIONS and you have 378 words, LUMINATIONS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SIMULATION, LUMINATION and NOMINALIST, 12 points each. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12U12M34I1N12A1T1I1O1N12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from LUMINATIONS split into 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 10, 9 with 9, 29 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2.
LUMINATION, NOMINALIST and SIMULATION are the top 10-letter words in LUMINATIONS, 12 points each. INSULATION will look familiar.
20 of 29 8-letter words from LUMINATIONS tie at 10 points; none scores more. MOUNTAIN and INSOMNIA will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble LUMINATIONS, 38 score 9 points, the group's best. NATIONS, AMOUNTS and TSUNAMI are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words in LUMINATIONS scores 8. AMOUNT, ALMOST and LIMITS are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words made with LUMINATIONS letters score 7 points. LIMIT, MASON and AMINO are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LUMINATIONS scores 6. MOST, MAIL and MAIN are everyday picks.
38 of 60 3-letter words from LUMINATIONS tie at 5 points; none scores more. ITS, MAN and INN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LUMINATIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with LU · ending in NS · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SIMULATION (12 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LUMINATIONS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUMINATIONS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 378) | 297 | 378 | 273 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
81 of the 378 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LUMINATIONS, LUMINATION, ANTIMUONS, LIMATIONS, LUMINANTS, MILTONIAS, ANTIMUON, LIMATION, LUMINANT, MILTONIA, MONILIAS, LIONISM and 69 more. 24 of the 378 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LAMININS, LAMININ, MONILIA, SANTIMU, SINUATION, AMINOS, AMNIOS, LOUMAS, SALUMI, UNINSTAL, AMNIO, LOUMA and 12 more.
These 3 words take every letter of LUMINATIONS plus a single extra one.