Unscramble PELMA and you have 45 words, PELMA itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: AMPLE and MAPLE. PALM and LAMP are the best of the shorter words, at 8 points. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PELMA by length: 3 with 5 letters, 13 with 4, 18 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Keep every letter of PELMA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with PE · ending in MA · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AMPLE and MAPLE (9 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PELMA is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PELMA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 45) | 36 | 45 | 36 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 9 of them: PELMA, LEAM, MELA, PELA, AME, LEP, MAL, PEL and EA.
Each word below uses all the letters of PELMA and one more.