Unscramble SEMIGLOBULAR and you have 427 words, SEMIGLOBULAR itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BEGLAMOURS and SEABORGIUM lead with 15 points. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SEMIGLOBULAR by length: 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 10, 19 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 44 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Among the 10-letter words in SEMIGLOBULAR, BEGLAMOURS and SEABORGIUM tie for first at 15 points.
BEGLAMORS, BEGLAMOUR and GLOBALISM are the top 9-letter words made with SEMIGLOBULAR letters, 14 points each. UMBRELLAS will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words from SEMIGLOBULAR, 12 score 13 points, the group's best. UMBRELLA and GAMBLERS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMIGLOBULAR, the top score is 12, reached by 17. SUBLIME, MOBILES and EMBARGO are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 6-letter words from SEMIGLOBULAR tie at 11 points; none scores more. MOBILE, ALBUMS and MARBLE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in SEMIGLOBULAR, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. ALBUM, AMBER and BLAME are the ones most people know.
GAMB tops the 4-letter words made with SEMIGLOBULAR letters at 9 points; next come AMBO and BALM on 8. GAME, BLOG and BAGS will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMIGLOBULAR, the top score is 7, reached by 4. BIG, BAR and BUS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SEMIGLOBULAR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with SE · ending in AR · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BEGLAMOURS and SEABORGIUM (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SEMIGLOBULAR is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEMIGLOBULAR itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 427) | 323 | 427 | 306 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, *Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
103 of the 427 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEMIGLOBULAR, BELAMOURS, LABOURISM, MISLABOUR, OMBRELLAS, SLIMEBAG, SUBIMAGO, UMBRELLOS, AMBEROUS, BALLIUMS, BELAMOUR, BIGRAMS and 91 more. 18 of the 427 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BROMELIAS, GLAMOURISE, GUMBALLS, AUMBRIES, BREGMAS, BROMELIA, BUMELIAS, GLOBULARS, GUMBALL, ABLEISM, BOURGIES, BUMELIA and 6 more. 1 of the 427 answers is missing from Scrabble US: BIGA.