Unscramble TUMBLEBUG and you have 95 words, TUMBLEBUG itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
T1U12M34B34L12E1B34U12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from TUMBLEBUG by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 11 with 5, 23 with 4, 41 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with TUMBLEBUG letters: BLUEGUM, for 12 points.
Among the 3-letter words made with TUMBLEBUG letters, BUB, BUM and EBB tie for first at 7 points. BUT, GET and LET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of TUMBLEBUG but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TU · ending in UG · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BLUEGUM and BUMBLE (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TUMBLEBUG, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TUMBLEBUG itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 95) | 81 | 95 | 74 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BUGLET, UMBLE, GUB, GULET, GULE, MEU, UME, UMU, GUE, ELT, GU, UG and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BUBU, GLUTE, MEG, TEGU, TUM, UTE and TE, 7 in all.
This word takes every letter of TUMBLEBUG plus a single extra one.