Unscramble CUSUMS and you have 20 words, CUSUMS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 6 letters, 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
C34U12S1U12M34S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CUSUMS split into 1 with 6 letters, 3 with 5, 7 with 4, 6 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of CUSUMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with CU · ending in MS · all 6-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MUCUS and SCUMS (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CUSUMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUSUMS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 20) | 15 | 20 | 12 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
5 of the 20 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CUSUMS, CUSUM, UMUS, UMU and SUSU. 3 of the 20 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CUMS, UMS and SUS.
Each word below uses all the letters of CUSUMS and one more.