Unscramble DUBIOUSLY to get 178 words. DUBIOUSLY itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2U12B34I1O1U12S1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DUBIOUSLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 29 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
DUBIOUS is the only one of the 7-letter words in DUBIOUSLY; it scores 10 points.
BLUDY scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DUBIOUSLY at 11 points, ahead of BOUSY and BUOYS on 10. BUILD, SOLID and IDOLS are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from DUBIOUSLY are led by BODY and DOBY, 10 points each. BOYS, SOLD and BIDS are the familiar ones.
4 of 59 3-letter words in DUBIOUSLY tie at 8 points; none scores more. BUY, OLD and OIL will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DUBIOUSLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DU · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
What DUBIOUSLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DUBIOUSLY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUBIOUSLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 131 | 178 | 123 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: BLUIDY, BLUDY, SYBIL, BLUIDS, BLUDS, BLUID, BUDIS, BUDOS, DOYS, SOILY, YOLD, BLUD and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: YOUS, LOIDS, LUDOS, LOID, LUDO, LUDS, LUD and OI.