Unscramble ARBOREOUS and you have 231 words, ARBOREOUS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ARBOREOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
ARBOROUS is the only one of the 8-letter words in ARBOREOUS; it scores 10 points.
Of the 60 5-letter words from ARBOREOUS, 39 score 7 points, the group's best. ABUSE, BEARS and EUROS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ARBOREOUS, the top score is 6, reached by 41. BASE, BEAR and RARE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from ARBOREOUS, 29 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, BAR and SEA are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ARBOREOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AR · ending in US · all 9-letter words
What ARBOREOUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ARBOREOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARBOREOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 184 | 231 | 174 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: AEROBUS, BRASERO, SABREUR, BROOSE, BUROOS, BUSERA, ABERS, ABORE, BARRO, BAURS, BOOSE, BRERS and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: BOREAS, BAES, OBAS, SOBA, BAE, BES, OBA, AROS, ARO and ROO.