Unscramble DOCUS and you have 34 words, DOCUS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: DOUCS and SCUDO. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DOCUS split into 3 with 5 letters, 9 with 4, 16 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Keep every letter of DOCUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SCUDO (8 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DOCUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOCUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 34) | 25 | 34 | 24 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 9 of them: DOCUS, DOUCS, DOCU, DOUC, DSO, SUD, UDS, OUS and OU. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: SOC.
These 6 words take every letter of DOCUS plus a single extra one.