Unscramble SPECULUMS and you have 172 words, SPECULUMS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SPECULUMS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 17 with 6, 41 with 5, 59 with 4, 38 with 3 and 9 with 2.
CLUMP tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPECULUMS at 11 points; next come CLEMS and CULMS on 9. SPECS, PULSE and CLUES will look familiar.
Of the 59 4-letter words made with SPECULUMS letters, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. LESS, PLUS and USES are the ones most people know.
These 5 words have the length of SPECULUMS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in MS · all 9-letter words
What SPECULUMS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SPECULUMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPECULUMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 136 | 172 | 131 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: SECULUMS, SECULUM, CUSUMS, CLEMS, CUSUM, CLEM, MULSES, PUSLES, PUSSEL, SPULES, MULSE, MUSSE and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: CUMS, SEPS, MES, UMS and SUS.