Unscramble MAMBOING to get 139 words. MAMBOING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from MAMBOING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 18 with 5, 41 with 4, 51 with 3 and 22 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with MAMBOING letters: BAMMING, 14 points.
GAMB tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MAMBOING at 9 points; next come AMBO and AMMO on 8. MAIN, GAIN and BANG will look familiar.
Of the 51 3-letter words from MAMBOING, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. BIG, MAN and AGO are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of MAMBOING for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
MAMBOING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAMBOING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAMBOING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 111 | 139 | 101 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: BOGMAN, GAMBO, AMMON, BOMA, NGOMA, NIMB, OBANG, BIGA, GOBI, MANG, MING, MONG and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: AMNIO, BING, BIOG, MAM, MANI, MOI, OBA, OMA, GI and OI.