14 words come out when you unscramble ECRU, starting with ECRU itself: 6 in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of ECRU are on the page: CRUE and CURE, each 6 points. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 5 points, CUE, CUR and CRU among them. It has 4 letters, 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ECRU by length: 3 with 4 letters, 8 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of ECRU but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with EC · ending in U · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to ECRU:
ECRU first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ECRU is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECRU itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 14) | 10 | 14 | 9 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRUE, RUC, URE and UR, 4 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CRU.
Each word below uses all the letters of ECRU and one more.