Unscramble FRUCTUOUS to get 129 words. FRUCTUOUS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from FRUCTUOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 6, 29 with 5, 49 with 4, 31 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with FRUCTUOUS letters: USUFRUCT, for 13 points.
Of the 29 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FRUCTUOUS, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. COURT, FOCUS and TOURS are the ones most people know.
49 4-letter words from FRUCTUOUS; 4 of them share the top score of 9. COST, FOUR and SORT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FRUCTUOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FR · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with USUFRUCT (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FRUCTUOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRUCTUOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 96 | 129 | 90 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: FUSTOC, SCUFT, FUSC, CROUTS, FRUST, SCRUTO, COURS, CROST, CROUT, FOUS, FROS, FUST and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: CRUFTS, CRUFT, CORS, CRU, SOC and TROU.