Unscramble THUMBNAIL and you have 220 words, THUMBNAIL itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, THUMB, HALIBUT and BIMAH lead with 12 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from THUMBNAIL split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 20 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words from THUMBNAIL, BIMAH and THUMB tie for first at 12 points. HUMAN, ALBUM and BUILT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble THUMBNAIL, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. MAIL, MAIN and BATH are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble THUMBNAIL; 5 of them share the top score of 8. BUT, MAN and BIT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of THUMBNAIL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TH · ending in IL · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BIMAH, HALIBUT and THUMB (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept THUMBNAIL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| THUMBNAIL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 220) | 174 | 218 | 163 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: BAHUT, BHUNA, MALIBU, MIBUNA, THAIM, BAHU, BHAI, BHAT, HUMA, LUMBI, MIHA, AHINT and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: HITMAN, HUMINT, MUTHA, HAINT, THALI, BALTI, AHI, BUNA, LAH, LUMA and TUM. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: MULTI. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: BINT.
With one more tile, the letters of THUMBNAIL spell the words below.