Unscramble MARIMBAS and you have 161 words, MARIMBAS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MARIMBAS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 11 with 6, 35 with 5, 55 with 4, 42 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words from MARIMBAS, MAMBA leads with 11 points, then ABRAM and ABRIM on 9. MARIA, SAMBA and ARIAS are the familiar ones.
Of the 55 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MARIMBAS, 11 score 8 points, the group's best. BARS, ARMS and MARS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MARIMBAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of MARIMBAS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MARIMBAS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARIMBAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 128 | 161 | 118 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MARABIS, BISMAR, IMBARS, MARABI, ABRAM, ABRIM, IMBAR, MARMS, SIMBA, BRAAIS, MARM, ARBAS and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ARABIS, MAMS, MAM, MARAS, RABIS, MARA, MASA, RABI, RAIS and RAI, 10 in all.
This word takes every letter of MARIMBAS plus a single extra one.