Unscramble FLUORESCES and you have 316 words, FLUORESCES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from FLUORESCES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 12 with 8, 44 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
44 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FLUORESCES; 6 of them share the top score of 12. COURSES, SOURCES and FOCUSES are everyday picks.
5 of 60 6-letter words from FLUORESCES tie at 11 points; none scores more. COURSE, FORCES and SCORES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FLUORESCES, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. CLOSE, FORCE and FOCUS are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 4-letter words from FLUORESCES tie at 9 points; none scores more. FREE, FOUR and SELF will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in FLUORESCES, the top score is 6, reached by 16. SEE, FEE and SEC are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of FLUORESCES but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FORCELESS and REFOCUSES (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FLUORESCES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLUORESCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 316) | 244 | 316 | 232 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
72 of the 316 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORLESES, FLOUSES, FORLESE, FOURSES, FUROLES, RECLOSES, CEREOUS, CESURES, ESCROLS, FLEURS, FLOUSE, FORELS and 60 more. 12 of the 316 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FLOSSER, LEUCOSES, ECLOSES, ECLOSE, CORS, FES, CRU, ECO, FE, LOC, SOC and LOR.
This word takes every letter of FLUORESCES plus a single extra one.