Unscramble FORERUNNER and you have 115 words, FORERUNNER itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
F4O1R1E1R1U12N12N12E1R1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FORERUNNER by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 7, 9 with 6, 17 with 5, 31 with 4, 38 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among 31 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FORERUNNER, the top score is 7, reached by 15. FREE, FOUR and NONE are the familiar ones.
This word has the length of FORERUNNER, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with FO · ending in ER · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FENURON and FORERUN (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FORERUNNER, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORERUNNER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 115) | 77 | 115 | 74 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 38 of them: FORREN, FRENNE, FROREN, FRORNE, FERER, FOUER, FRORN, FUERO, FEEN, FEER, FOEN, FONE and 26 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: FREON, ENUF and RENO.
With one more tile, the letters of FORERUNNER spell the words below.