209 words come out when you unscramble PLOUGHMAN, starting with PLOUGHMAN itself: 17 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PLOUGHMAN by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 11 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 8 letters.
GULPH, OGHAM and PHANG share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PLOUGHMAN. HUMAN, ALONG and LAUGH are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from PLOUGHMAN, HUMP and UMPH tie for first at 11 points. PALM, PLUG and LAMP are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with PLOUGHMAN letters, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. MAP, MAN and HOP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PLOUGHMAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PL · ending in AN · all 9-letter words
What PLOUGHMAN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PLOUGHMAN is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLOUGHMAN itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 209) | 162 | 209 | 139 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UPHANG, GULPH, PHANG, ANOUGH, GOMPA, MOHUA, OMLAH, GUMP, HAPU, HUMA, PUHA, PULMO and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PLOUGHMAN, MOGHUL, MUGHAL, UMPH, GLAMP, UPALONG, HOMA, PONGAL, AUGH, HALON, HOM, PHO and 11 more, 23 in all.