Unscramble MICROBEAM and you have 233 words, MICROBEAM itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MICROBE, AMOEBIC and COMBIER lead with 13 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from MICROBEAM by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 8 letters.
60 5-letter words from MICROBEAM; 5 of them share the top score of 11. CRIME, CREAM and MICRO are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROBEAM are led by COMB and COMM, 10 points each. COME, CAME and BEAR are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROBEAM; 14 of them share the top score of 7. CAR, AIR and MAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of MICROBEAM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MI · ending in AM · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AMOEBIC and MICROBE (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MICROBEAM, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICROBEAM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 189 | 233 | 172 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: COMBIER, BAMMER, BOMMIE, CEMBRA, COMARB, COMMER, CROMB, AMORCE, CABRIE, CABRIO, ABRIM, BRAME and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: CAMMIE, COMBI, COMM, CAMI, CAMO, MERC, MAM, MIC, ACRO, BIRO, BAE, ECO and 5 more.
This word takes every letter of MICROBEAM plus a single extra one.