The concept in this puzzle is to get the lowest possible score.
Add at least one letter to each side of the letter groups below to form eight common words.
Count 1 point for each letter you add and 7 points for each word you cannot solve.
I scored a 19 using a total of 19 letters

Can you beat my score

__LUD__
__DD__
__GL__
__LBU__
__GWI__
__IFL__
__BMI__
__YB__

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