Hidden inside tambor sit ambo, barm, and tomb, four-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 71 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ambo, barm, and tomb tie for the highest Scrabble score from tambor at 8 points. The top 10 of 71 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 4 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tambor. If a familiar word is all you need, start with abort. For points, the strongest plays are abort, amort, boart, and tabor — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in tambor produces 20 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with atom, boat, and brat. For points, the strongest plays are ambo, barm, and tomb — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling tambor turns up 35 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arm, art and bam. For points, the strongest plays are bam and mob — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tambor. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, at, or, and to. For points, 7 words tie at 4 points, including am, ab and ba.
2 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in tambor plus one additional letter.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are ambo, barm, and tomb, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from tambor earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in tambor produce 71 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 4 five-letter words, 20 four-letter words, 35 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.