318 words come out when you unscramble DANGEROUS, starting with DANGEROUS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: NOSEGUARD. ENGUARDS and GUERDONS are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DANGEROUS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 42 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
Of the 42 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DANGEROUS, 24 score 9 points, the group's best. GARDENS, GROUNDS and SURGEON are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from DANGEROUS; 42 of them share the top score of 8. AROUND, GARDEN and GROUND are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from DANGEROUS, the top score is 7, reached by 35. GRAND, GRADE and DRUGS are the familiar ones.
25 of 60 4-letter words in DANGEROUS tie at 6 points; none scores more. DOES, DONE and DRUG will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with DANGEROUS letters, 7 score 5 points, the group's best. END, AGE and GOD are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DANGEROUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DA · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GUERDONS (10 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DANGEROUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANGEROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 318) | 240 | 315 | 220 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
75 of the 318 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENGUARDS, DUNGERS, DURGANS, ENGUARD, RAUNGED, SONDAGE, UNGORED, DAUNERS, DEGRAS, DOUANES, DUNGER, DURGAN and 63 more. 23 of the 318 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DURAGS, RUNGED, AGUED, ANDROS, DENARS, DURAG, AGROS, ANDRO, DENAR, AGRO, AREG, DANS and 11 more. 3 of the 318 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: DAGOES, DAGOS and DAGO.
With one more tile, the letters of DANGEROUS spell the words below.