Unscramble FULGUROUS and you have 118 words, FULGUROUS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FULGOURS leads with 12 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from FULGUROUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 20 with 5, 43 with 4, 32 with 3 and 11 with 2.
FULGOURS is the only one of the 8-letter words made with FULGUROUS letters; it scores 12 points.
43 4-letter words from FULGUROUS; 8 of them share the top score of 8. FOUR, GOLF and SOUL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FULGUROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FU · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FLOGS, FLOURS, FLUORS, FROGS, FRUGS, FUGUS, GOLFS and GULFS (9 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FULGUROUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FULGUROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 118) | 79 | 118 | 75 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
39 of the 118 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FULGOURS, FULGORS, FULGOUR, FULGOR, GROUFS, FUROLS, GROUF, FLORS, FUROL, FLOR, FOUS, FROS and 27 more. 4 of the 118 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ORGS, GOS, ORG and LOR.