Unscramble MUDBUGS and you have 42 words, MUDBUGS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. MUDBUGS as a single 7-tile play makes 63 in Scrabble, 13 plus the 50 bonus, and 53 in Words With Friends (18 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from MUDBUGS split into 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 1 with 5, 12 with 4, 21 with 3 and 5 with 2.
DUMBS is the only one of the 5-letter words made with MUDBUGS letters; it scores 10 points.
Keep every letter of MUDBUGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with MU · ending in GS · all 7-letter words
What MUDBUGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
MUDBUGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUDBUGS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 42) | 31 | 42 | 27 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GUBS, GUB, UMUS, UMU, GUS, SUD, SUG, UDS, UGS, GU and UG, 11 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MUDBUGS, MUDBUG, DUM and UMS, 4 in all.