Unscramble SPICULUM to get 103 words. SPICULUM itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. CLUMPS is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
S1P34I1C34U12L12U12M34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SPICULUM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 6, 23 with 5, 37 with 4, 30 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 7 letters.
CLUMP scores highest among the 5-letter words in SPICULUM at 11 points, ahead of CLIPS and CULMS on 9. MUSIC, SLUMP and LUMPS are the ones most people know.
Among 37 4-letter words from SPICULUM, the top score is 8, reached by 20. PLUS, PICS and CLIP are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SPICULUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SP · ending in UM · all 8-letter words
SPICULUM first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SPICULUM, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPICULUM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 103) | 85 | 103 | 79 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CUSUM, PILUM, PIUMS, PLIMS, SCLIM, PIUM, PLIM, SPIM, MUILS, PULUS, SIMUL, MUIL and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CUMS, MICS, MIPS, MIC, SUMI and UMS, 6 in all.