Unscramble FURIOSITY to get 185 words. FURIOSITY itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
F4U12R1I1O1S1I1T1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FURIOSITY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
8 of 48 5-letter words in FURIOSITY tie at 11 points; none scores more. FIRST, STORY and TOURS will look familiar.
FOYS, FURY and YUFT share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FURIOSITY. FOUR, TOYS and SORT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FURIOSITY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FU · ending in TY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FOUSTY, FROSTY and FRUITY (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FURIOSITY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FURIOSITY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 138 | 184 | 132 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
46 of the 185 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FURIOSITY, FISTY, RIFTY, YUFTS, YUFT, TIFOSI, YOURTS, FRIST, FRUST, FY, ROYST, TIFOS and 34 more. 6 of the 185 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FOUSTY, RYUS, YOUS, RYU, ROSTI and OI. 1 of the 185 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.