Unscramble LUMPFISH and you have 137 words, LUMPFISH itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12U12M34P34F4I1S1H43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LUMPFISH by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 29 with 5, 49 with 4, 36 with 3 and 15 with 2.
HUMFS tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LUMPFISH at 13 points; next come FLIMP and FLUMP on 12. FILMS, FLUSH and PLUSH will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from LUMPFISH, HUMF leads with 12 points, then HUMP and UMPH on 11. FILM, PLUS and SHIP are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LUMPFISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LU · ending in SH · all 8-letter words
LUMPFISH first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. LUMPFISH 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUMPFISH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 137) | 106 | 136 | 97 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
30 of the 137 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHIPFUL, FLIMPS, HUMFS, FLIMP, HUMF, SUMPH, FLIMS, MULSH, SULPH, FLIM, FUMS, HUPS and 18 more. 9 of the 137 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FLUISH, UMPHS, UMPH, MILFS, HIMS, MILF, MIPS, SUMI and UMS. 1 of the 137 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.