Unscramble ADUNCOUS to get 121 words. ADUNCOUS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 7 shorter words score 8, among them ADUNC, CODAS and DOCUS. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ADUNCOUS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 6, 21 with 5, 42 with 4, 41 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words in ADUNCOUS: SOUDAN, for 7 points.
Among 42 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ADUNCOUS, the top score is 7, reached by 10. SCAN, SAND and DOCS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of ADUNCOUS for another and you can spell these 4 words:
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ADUNCOUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ADUNCOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADUNCOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 121) | 99 | 121 | 85 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOCUS, DOUCS, SCAND, SCAUD, COND, DOCU, DOUC, ONCUS, DUANS, UNSOD, DOUN, DUAN and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ASCON, SOCA, UDONS, UNDOS, DANS, DOSA, ODAS, SOC, UDON, DAN, DAS, ODA and 2 more, 14 in all.