180 words come out when you unscramble FURUNCLES, starting with FURUNCLES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FURUNCLES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 19 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in FURUNCLES: FURUNCLE, for 13 points.
4 of 34 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FURUNCLES tie at 10 points; none scores more. RULES, NURSE and UNCLE will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FURUNCLES, CLEF, CURF and FUSC tie for first at 9 points. SELF, SURE and RULE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FURUNCLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FU · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
FURUNCLES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
FURUNCLES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FURUNCLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 140 | 180 | 134 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: URNFULS, FLEURS, FUSC, NUCULES, UNCURSE, UNSELF, URNFUL, CRUELS, CUNEUS, FLEUR, NUCULE, CRUES and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: ENUF, FES, CRU, FE, LUNS and LUN.