Unscramble SPELUNKER to get 242 words. SPELUNKER itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1P34E1L12U12N12K5E1R1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SPELUNKER by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 13 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with SPELUNKER letters: PLUNKERS, 14 points.
7 of 37 6-letter words from SPELUNKER tie at 12 points; none scores more. ENSURE, KERNEL and RUPEES will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPELUNKER; 16 of them share the top score of 11. KEEPS, PEERS and KNEES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SPELUNKER, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. KEEP, SEEK and PEER are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from SPELUNKER, KEP leads with 9 points, then EEK and EKE on 7. SEE, SUN and RUN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SPELUNKER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
SPELUNKER first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SPELUNKER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPELUNKER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 180 | 242 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 242 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KELPERS, KELPER, PUKERS, PENKS, PUKER, SPELK, KERELS, PENK, RESKUE, SKREEN, SPEK, KEREL and 50 more. 9 of the 242 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PULKS, PULK, SUNKER, KUNE, EEK, PERES, SUK, URP and LUN.
This word takes every letter of SPELUNKER plus a single extra one.