267 words come out when you unscramble CREDULOUS, starting with CREDULOUS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CREDULOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 11 with 7, 55 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
20 of 55 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CREDULOUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SOURCE, COURSE and CLOSED will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from CREDULOUS, 33 score 8 points, the group's best. CLOSE, SCORE and CODES are the ones most people know.
18 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CREDULOUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. DOES, CODE and CORE will look familiar.
COD, CUD and DOC share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words from CREDULOUS. OLD, RED and DUE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CREDULOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CLOSURED and DOUCEURS (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CREDULOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREDULOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 267) | 214 | 267 | 196 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 267 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DULCOSE, SCUDLER, URCEOLUS, COURED, DOLCES, SOUCED, COSED, COURD, COURES, CRUELS, DOCUS, DOUCS and 41 more. 18 of the 267 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COUDES, CRUDOS, DOUCER, DULCES, CREDS, CRUDO, DULCE, CRED, CORS, ECOS, LOCS, CRU and 6 more.