Unscramble ARANEOUS to get 205 words. ARANEOUS itself is a real word: 8 points on a Scrabble board, 10 in Words With Friends. ARENOUS is the best of the shorter words, at 7 points. 8 letters: 5 vowels and 3 consonants.
A1R1A1N12E1O1U12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ARANEOUS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 10 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in ARANEOUS: ARENOUS, for 7 points.
Every one of the 52 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ARANEOUS scores 5. AREAS, NURSE and ARENA are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 4-letter words from ARANEOUS score 4 points. AREA, NEAR and ROSE are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with ARANEOUS letters come to 58, each scoring 3 points. ARE, ONE and USE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ARANEOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AR · ending in US · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ARENOUS (7 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ARANEOUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARANEOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 205) | 154 | 205 | 145 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
51 of the 205 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ARANEOUS, URENAS, AEROS, ARNAS, AUNES, NARAS, NOSER, ONERS, OUENS, RANAS, RAUNS, REANS and 39 more. 9 of the 205 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ANURA, ASURA, RENOS, AROS, NAES, NARE, RENO, ARO and SAN.
Each word below uses all the letters of ARANEOUS and one more.