Unscramble SCAMBLE and you have 167 words, SCAMBLE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 13 points: BECALMS. BECALM and CLAMBE are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of SCAMBLE in one turn: 63 in Scrabble (13 + 50), 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SCAMBLE by length: 2 with 7 letters, 11 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 14 with 2.
20 of 39 5-letter words from SCAMBLE tie at 9 points; none scores more. CABLE, SCALE and MEALS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SCAMBLE, 19 score 8 points, the group's best. CASE, SAME and ABLE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SCAMBLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with SC · ending in LE · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BECALMS (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: SCAMBLE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAMBLE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 133 | 167 | 125 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 34 of them: SCAMBLE, CLAMBE, CLAMES, MASCLE, SCAMEL, CLAME, CLEMS, EMACS, MELBA, BACS, CLEM, BAC and 22 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: BEALS, BAES, BEAL, CALS, BAE, BES, CAL and MES.
These 8 words take every letter of SCAMBLE plus a single extra one.