Unscramble ECRUS to get 42 words. ECRUS itself is a real word: 7 points on a Scrabble board, 9 in Words With Friends. It has 5 anagrams, each with the same 7 points: CRUES, CRUSE, CURES, CURSE and SUCRE. 10 shorter words score 6, among them CURE, CUES and ECRU. 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 ECRUS split into 6 with 5 letters, 16 with 4, 15 with 3 and 5 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of ECRUS, with one letter different:
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Add two letters to ECRUS:
The meaning of ECRUS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ECRUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECRUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 42) | 33 | 42 | 32 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
9 of the 42 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRUES, CRUE, RUCS, SCUR, RUC, URES, SUR, URE and UR. 1 of the 42 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: CRU.
These 12 words take every letter of ECRUS plus a single extra one.