Unscramble SUBMICRON to get 270 words. SUBMICRON itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. MICROBUS is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SUBMICRON by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 15 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words in SUBMICRON, UMBONIC leads with 13 points, then BICORNS and BICRONS on 11. CRIMSON, OMNIBUS and MICRONS are the familiar ones.
Of the 48 6-letter words from SUBMICRON, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. COUSIN, MINORS and MICRON are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBMICRON; 4 of them share the top score of 11. MUSIC, BONUS and MICRO are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words in SUBMICRON, COMB leads with 10 points, then BORM and BRIM on 8. BORN, ICON and BURN are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 3-letter words made with SUBMICRON letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. BIN, BUS and CON will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SUBMICRON but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MICROBUS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SUBMICRON 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBMICRON itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 270) | 211 | 270 | 190 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 59 of them: BURSICON, CROMBS, RUBICONS, CROMB, MISBORN, RUBICON, BONISM, BORSIC, CORMUS, COSMIN, COURBS, MORBUS and 47 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: COMBIS, BICORNS, COMBI, CORIUMS, UNICOMS, MUCROS, UNICOM, BOURSIN, MONIC, SCROB, CUMS, MICS and 9 more.
These 2 words take every letter of SUBMICRON plus a single extra one.