Unscramble BEAUS and you have 31 words, BEAUS itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 7 points: ABUSE. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 6 points, BASE, BEAU and BAES among them. 5 letters: 3 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BEAUS by length: 2 with 5 letters, 6 with 4, 15 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of BEAUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with BE · ending in US · all 5-letter words
BEAUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BEAUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 31) | 27 | 31 | 24 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
4 of the 31 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EAUS, AUE, EAS and EA. 3 of the 31 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BAES, BAE and BES.
Each word below uses all the letters of BEAUS and one more.