Unscramble PABULUMS to get 149 words. PABULUMS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
P34A1B34U12L12U12M34S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PABULUMS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 28 with 5, 56 with 4, 45 with 3 and 12 with 2.
The 5-letter words from PABULUMS are led by BUMPS and PLUMB, 11 points each. ALBUM, USUAL and LAMPS are the familiar ones.
BUMP tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PABULUMS at 10 points; next come AMPS and BALM on 8. PLUS, MAPS and PALM will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PABULUMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PA · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
PABULUMS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PABULUMS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PABULUMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 128 | 149 | 123 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 21 of them: LUMBUS, BAPUS, BAPU, BALUS, MALUS, PAULS, PULUS, SPAUL, BALU, MALS, MASU, PAUL and 9 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: SPAM, LUMAS, PULAS, LUMA and UMS.