Unscramble RUMDUMS to get 36 words. RUMDUMS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. RUMDUMS as a single 7-tile play makes 62 in Scrabble, 12 plus the 50 bonus, and 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
R1U12M34D2U12M34S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from RUMDUMS split into 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 3 with 5, 11 with 4, 14 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of RUMDUMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with RU · ending in MS · all 7-letter words
RUMDUMS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RUMDUMS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUMDUMS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 36) | 27 | 36 | 23 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SMUR, UMUS, RUDS, UMU, RUD, SUD, UDS, SUR and UR, 9 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RUMDUMS, RUMDUM, DUM and UMS, 4 in all.
This word takes every letter of RUMDUMS plus a single extra one.