Unscramble PENUMBRAE and you have 229 words, PENUMBRAE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. PENUMBRA is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PENUMBRAE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 26 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with PENUMBRAE letters: PENUMBRA, for 14 points.
Among the 6-letter words from PENUMBRAE, BUMPER leads with 12 points, then AMBEER and AMPERE on 10. NUMBER, RENAME and MANURE are the familiar ones.
16 of 54 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PENUMBRAE tie at 9 points; none scores more. URBAN, AMBER and RUPEE will look familiar.
BUMP scores highest among the 4-letter words in PENUMBRAE at 10 points, ahead of BAPU and BARM on 8. BEEN, NAME and MEAN are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with PENUMBRAE letters, the top score is 7, reached by 8. ARE, MAP and MAN are the familiar ones.
These 5 words have the length of PENUMBRAE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in AE · all 9-letter words
What PENUMBRAE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PENUMBRAE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENUMBRAE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 182 | 229 | 171 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
47 of the 229 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEAMER, EMPARE, BRAME, BREEM, BREME, NEEMB, UMBRE, BAPU, BARP, BRAP, MURENA, PEBA and 35 more. 11 of the 229 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: APEMEN, BURPEE, MANEB, PANEER, PUBE, PAREN, RAMEN, BUNA, ARENE, BAE and URP.