170 words come out when you unscramble SAMBUKES, starting with SAMBUKES itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SAMBUKES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 15 with 2.
SAMBUKE is the only one of the 7-letter words in SAMBUKES; it scores 15 points.
The best of the 5-letter words from SAMBUKES is KEMBS, 13 points; BAKES and BASKS on 11 follow. MAKES, ABUSE and BASES are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SAMBUKES, KEMB leads with 12 points, then BAKE and BASK on 10. MAKE, SAME and BASE are the familiar ones.
Of the 49 3-letter words in SAMBUKES, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. USE, ASK and ASS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SAMBUKES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
SAMBUKES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SAMBUKES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMBUKES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 134 | 170 | 125 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
36 of the 170 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KEMBS, KEMB, BAUKS, BUKES, KASME, BAUK, BUKE, KEBS, MAKS, EMBUS, KAM, KEB and 24 more. 9 of the 170 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SUKS, MASES, SUK, BAES, BAE, BES, MES, UMS and SUS.