Unscramble SUBMARINE and you have 308 words, SUBMARINE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. SUBMARINE has 1 anagram here, SEMIURBAN, scoring 13 like SUBMARINE itself. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SUBMARINE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 30 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
11 of 30 7-letter words from SUBMARINE tie at 11 points; none scores more. NUMBERS, REMAINS and SEMINAR will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBMARINE, the top score is 10, reached by 31. NUMBER, BRAINS and ARMIES are the familiar ones.
27 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBMARINE tie at 9 points; none scores more. ABUSE, ANIME and BEARS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from SUBMARINE, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. BASE, BEAR and BARS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in SUBMARINE, BAM, BUM and MIB tie for first at 7 points. MAN, MEN and MAR are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SUBMARINE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AUMBRIES and URBANISM (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUBMARINE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBMARINE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 308) | 248 | 308 | 234 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: MIRBANES, IMBURSE, MAUBIES, MIBUNAS, MIRBANE, ANBURIES, BISMAR, BRAMES, IMBARS, IMBASE, MIBUNA, SUBMAN and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: SEMIURBAN, AUMBRIES, MINBARS, MANEBS, MINBAR, MANEB, MAUSIER, BINERS, BINER, BAES, BUNA, BAE and 2 more.
These 5 words take every letter of SUBMARINE plus a single extra one.