Unscramble PECULIUM and you have 90 words, PECULIUM itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. PUMICE is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PECULIUM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 6, 13 with 5, 30 with 4, 32 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of PECULIUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PE · ending in UM · all 8-letter words
The meaning of PECULIUM, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PECULIUM, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PECULIUM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 90) | 72 | 90 | 69 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 18 of them: CLIPE, PILUM, PUMIE, UMPIE, CLEM, PIUM, PLIM, CIEL, MUIL, PLUE, PULU, LEP and 6 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: MIC, MULIE and LIPE.