Unscramble BEAUTEOUS and you have 196 words, BEAUTEOUS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. AUTOBUS is the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. 9 letters: 6 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BEAUTEOUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 letters.
45 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BEAUTEOUS; 37 of them share the top score of 7. ABOUT, ABUSE and BOATS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from BEAUTEOUS, the top score is 6, reached by 40. BEST, EAST and AUTO are the familiar ones.
Of the 56 3-letter words in BEAUTEOUS, 21 score 5 points, the group's best. BUT, OUT and USE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BEAUTEOUS for another and you can spell this word:
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What BEAUTEOUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BEAUTEOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAUTEOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 164 | 196 | 147 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
32 of the 196 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABOUTS, SEBATE, TAUBES, BASTO, BESAT, BETES, BOETS, BOTES, BUATS, EUOUAES, TAUBE, BAOS and 20 more. 17 of the 196 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BUSTEE, BUTES, TSUBO, BAES, OBAS, SOBA, BAE, BES, OBA, SUETE, TOEAS, OUTA and 5 more.