Unscramble COMBUSTIOUS and you have 275 words, COMBUSTIOUS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. COMBUSTS is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from COMBUSTIOUS split into 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 8, 17 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
Of the 51 6-letter words from COMBUSTIOUS, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. SUBMIT, CUSTOM and SCOUTS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COMBUSTIOUS; 4 of them share the top score of 11. MUSIC, COSTS and BOOTS are everyday picks.
COMB tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COMBUSTIOUS at 10 points; next come BOOM and BUMS on 8. MOST, MUST and COST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from COMBUSTIOUS, 8 score 7 points, the group's best. BUT, OUT and ITS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of COMBUSTIOUS for another and you can spell this word:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in US · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COMBUSTS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COMBUSTIOUS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMBUSTIOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 275) | 190 | 275 | 173 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 85 of them: COMBUSTIOUS, TOMBOCS, TOMBIC, TOMBOC, BISOMS, CUSUMS, IMBOSS, STOCIOUS, TIMBOS, BISOM, COMUS, COOMS and 73 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: COMBIS, COMBI, CUBITUS, COSMO, SUMOIST, CUMS, MICS, TSUBOS, MIC, MUSOS, MUSO, MOI and 5 more.