192 words come out when you unscramble ROSHAMBO, starting with ROSHAMBO itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. RHOMBOS is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ROSHAMBO split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
RHOMBOS is the only one of the 7-letter words made with ROSHAMBO letters; it scores 14 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ROSHAMBO, ABMHO, ABOHM and RHOMB tie for first at 12 points. ROOMS, MARSH and BROOM are everyday picks.
20 of 60 4-letter words from ROSHAMBO tie at 9 points; none scores more. BARS, ARMS and MARS will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from ROSHAMBO, the top score is 8, reached by 7. HAS, MAR and BAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ROSHAMBO but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RO · ending in BO · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ABMHOS, ABOHMS and RHOMBS (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: ROSHAMBO is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROSHAMBO itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 192) | 152 | 192 | 131 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ROSHAMBO, RHOMBOS, OMRAHS, BASHO, BOOHS, MOHRS, OMRAH, BOHS, BOMAS, BOOH, BORMS, MOHR and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHROOM, BOHOS, HOMAS, MOHOS, BOHO, HOMA, HOMS, MOHO, MOSH, HOM, HAOS, AHS and 9 more, 21 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ROSHAMBO and one more.