231 words come out when you unscramble BYSSACEOUS, starting with BYSSACEOUS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 12 points, ABYSSES, CAUSEYS and CAYUSES among them. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BYSSACEOUS split into 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 7, 28 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
Of the 28 6-letter words made with BYSSACEOUS letters, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. CAUSES, ESSAYS and ABUSES are the ones most people know.
18 of 53 5-letter words from BYSSACEOUS tie at 10 points; none scores more. CASES, CAUSE and ABUSE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BYSSACEOUS, the top score is 9, reached by 20. CASE, EASY and SAYS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in BYSSACEOUS, 10 score 8 points, the group's best. BUY, YES and SAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BYSSACEOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ABYSSES, CAUSEYS, CAYUSES and SYCOSES (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: BYSSACEOUS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYSSACEOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 185 | 231 | 168 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BYSSACEOUS, ABSEYS, BASUCOS, ABSEY, BASUCO, BAYES, BOYAU, SCYES, SYBOE, BAYE, SCYE, YEBO and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COYAUS, COYAU, EYASS, SOBAS, SOCAS, SOCES, YOUS, BAES, ECOS, OBAS, YAS, BAE and 5 more, 17 in all.