Unscramble SIMULACRUM and you have 246 words, SIMULACRUM itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SIMULACRUM by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
37 6-letter words from SIMULACRUM; 16 of them share the top score of 10. CLAIMS, RACISM and MURALS are everyday picks.
37 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SIMULACRUM tie at 9 points; none scores more. MUSIC, CLAIM and MAILS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with SIMULACRUM letters, 23 score 8 points, the group's best. MAIL, CARS and ARMS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SIMULACRUM; 8 of them share the top score of 7. CAR, AIR and MAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SIMULACRUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SI · ending in UM · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MASURIUM and MUSCULAR (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SIMULACRUM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMULACRUM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 246) | 191 | 246 | 167 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
55 of the 246 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALUMIUMS, ALUMIUM, LUCUMAS, AMUSIC, CIMARS, LACMUS, LIMMAS, LUCUMA, MALISM, SUMMAR, CAMUS, CAUMS and 43 more. 24 of the 246 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MIMULUS, UMAMIS, CAMIS, UMAMI, UMMAS, CAMI, CAURIS, CUMS, MAMS, MICS, SALUMI, UMMA and 12 more.
This word takes every letter of SIMULACRUM plus a single extra one.