164 words come out when you unscramble CLUIEST, starting with CLUIEST itself: 9 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: LUCITES and LUETICS. 9 shorter words score 8, among them LUCITE, SLUICE and CESTUI. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. CLUIEST as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CLUIEST by length: 3 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 12 with 2.
23 of 40 5-letter words from CLUIEST tie at 7 points; none scores more. SUITE, TILES and SLICE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CLUIEST, 26 score 6 points, the group's best. SITE, LIST and SUIT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CLUIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LUCITES and LUETICS (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts CLUIEST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLUIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 164) | 136 | 164 | 119 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
28 of the 164 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLUIEST, CESTUI, ULICES, CIELS, CLIES, CUITS, TICES, CIEL, CITS, CUIT, SCUL, SUTILE and 16 more. 17 of the 164 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LUCITES, CUEIST, LUCITE, CLITS, ETICS, CLIT, TECS, TUILES, UTILES, LITES, TEC, TUILE and 5 more.
These 12 words take every letter of CLUIEST plus a single extra one.