Unscramble AUDACIOUS and you have 124 words, AUDACIOUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SODAIC, 9 points. It has 9 letters, 6 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from AUDACIOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 6, 20 with 5, 42 with 4, 42 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
Of the 42 4-letter words from AUDACIOUS, 16 score 7 points, the group's best. SAID, DISC and AIDS are the ones most people know.
5 of 42 3-letter words you get when you unscramble AUDACIOUS tie at 6 points; none scores more. ADS, AID and SAD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of AUDACIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AU · ending in US · all 9-letter words
AUDACIOUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
AUDACIOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUDACIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 124) | 88 | 124 | 77 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SODAIC, CAUDA, DOCUS, DOUCS, SCAUD, CAUSA, CIDS, DOCU, DOUC, AIDAS, AIDOS, CAAS and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ACAIS, ACAI, DOSAI, SOCA, DOSA, ODAS, SOC, DAS, ODA, DA and OI, 11 in all.