128 words come out when you unscramble PUGILISM, starting with PUGILISM itself: 13 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GLUMPS and GUIMPS lead with 11 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PUGILISM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 6, 26 with 5, 48 with 4, 37 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 7 letters.
The 5-letter words made with PUGILISM letters are led by GIMPS, GUIMP and GUMPS, 10 points each. PLUGS, SLUMP and LUMPS are the familiar ones.
GIMP and GUMP are the top 4-letter words from PUGILISM, 9 points each. PLUS, PLUG and SLIP will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PUGILISM for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with PU · ending in SM · all 8-letter words
What PUGILISM means, then the 6 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PUGILISM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUGILISM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 128) | 95 | 126 | 87 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
31 of the 128 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GLUMPS, GUIMPS, GUIMP, GUMPS, GUMP, PILUM, PIUMS, PLIMS, PUGILS, PIUM, PLIM, PUGIL and 19 more. 8 of the 128 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SIGLUM, GLUMS, MIPS, SUMI, UMS, GIS, SIG and GI. 2 of the 128 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS and UGLI.
With one more tile, the letters of PUGILISM spell the words below.