Unscramble SIMURGS and you have 74 words, SIMURGS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. SIMURG is the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of SIMURGS at once for 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50) or 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SIMURGS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 8 with 5, 28 with 4, 26 with 3 and 10 with 2.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words in SIMURGS: SIMURG, 9 points.
Keep every letter of SIMURGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with SI · ending in GS · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; GRIM, GRUM, GUMS, MIGS, MUGS, SMUG and SUMIS (7 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SIMURGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMURGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 74) | 49 | 74 | 41 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIMURGS, SIMURG, GISMS, SMUGS, GISM, MUIRS, RIMUS, SMIRS, SMURS, MUIR, RIMU, SMIR and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SUMIS, SUMI, SIGS, UMS, GIS, SIG, GI and SUS, 8 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of SIMURGS plus a single extra one.