286 words come out when you unscramble OLIBANUMS, starting with OLIBANUMS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ALBUMINS, BIMANOUS and OLIBANUM, 12 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from OLIBANUMS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 14 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
13 of 54 6-letter words from OLIBANUMS tie at 10 points; none scores more. ALBUMS, ALUMNI and SALMON will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OLIBANUMS, 19 score 9 points, the group's best. ALBUM, BONUS and BASIN are the ones most people know.
16 of 60 4-letter words from OLIBANUMS tie at 8 points; none scores more. MAIL, MAIN and LABS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in OLIBANUMS, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. MAN, BIN and BUS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OLIBANUMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OL · ending in MS · all 9-letter words
OLIBANUMS 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 OLIBANUMS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLIBANUMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 216 | 286 | 199 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIMBOUS, MIBUNAS, BONISM, BUMALO, MALIBU, MIBUNA, SUBMAN, ABUSION, BISOM, BOMAS, LUMBI, MONAULS and 58 more, 70 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AMINOS, AMNIOS, LOUMAS, SALUMI, AMNIO, BUNAS, LOUMA, LUMAS, MANIS, BUNA, INSULA, LUMA and 5 more, 17 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of OLIBANUMS and one more.