Unscramble SUBMICRONS and you have 296 words, SUBMICRONS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. SUBMICRON is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SUBMICRONS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 6 with 8, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words from SUBMICRONS, CUBISMS and UMBONIC tie for first at 13 points. CRIMSON, COUSINS and OMNIBUS are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBMICRONS, the top score is 12, reached by 5. COUSIN, MINORS and MICRON are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 5-letter words from SUBMICRONS tie at 11 points; none scores more. MUSIC, CROSS and BONUS will look familiar.
COMB scores highest among the 4-letter words in SUBMICRONS at 10 points, ahead of BORM and BRIM on 8. BORN, ICON and BOSS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with SUBMICRONS letters; 8 of them share the top score of 7. BIN, BUS and CON are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SUBMICRONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SU · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MICROBUS (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SUBMICRONS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBMICRONS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 232 | 296 | 208 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
64 of the 296 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SUBMICRONS, BURSICONS, BURSICON, CROMBS, RUBICONS, BONISMS, BORSICS, COSMINS, CROMB, MISBORN, RUBICON, BISOMS and 52 more. 24 of the 296 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COMBIS, BICORNS, COMBI, CORIUMS, UNICOMS, BOURSINS, MUCROS, SCROBS, UNICOM, BOURSIN, MONIC, SCROB and 12 more.