Unscramble UMBILICAL to get 114 words. UMBILICAL itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. BULIMIAC is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from UMBILICAL split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 11 with 6, 24 with 5, 34 with 4, 27 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with UMBILICAL letters: BULIMIAC, for 14 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UMBILICAL, CLIMB leads with 11 points, then ALBUM and AMICI on 9. CLAIM and LILAC are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of UMBILICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with UM · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BULIMIAC (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
UMBILICAL works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMBILICAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 114) | 100 | 114 | 95 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
14 of the 114 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALLIUM, MALIBU, LUMBI, BAILLI, CAUM, LIMAIL, AUMIL, BAC, BALU, CILL, MALI, MUIL and 2 more. 5 of the 114 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CUMBIA, CAMI, MIC, LUMA and CAL.
This word takes every letter of UMBILICAL plus a single extra one.