Unscramble FUSARIUM to get 139 words. FUSARIUM itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FRAIMS and FUSUMA lead with 11 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
F4U12S1A1R1I1U12M34
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from FUSARIUM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 22 with 5, 52 with 4, 44 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Of the 52 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FUSARIUM, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. FAIR, FARM and FIRM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FUSARIUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FU · ending in UM · all 8-letter words
FUSARIUM first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
FUSARIUM is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUSARIUM itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 95 | 138 | 86 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FRAIMS, FRAIM, FUMS, FRAUS, FUM, MAURIS, MIURUS, AUFS, FARS, FAUR, FRAS, FRAU and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FUSARIUM, FUSUMA, SAMFU, FAMS, FAM, SUMI, UMS, RAIS and RAI, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
This word takes every letter of FUSARIUM plus a single extra one.