28 words come out when you unscramble FUSCOUS, starting with FUSCOUS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. FUCOUS is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of FUSCOUS in one turn: 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50), 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from FUSCOUS split into 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 3 with 5, 10 with 4, 8 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words made with FUSCOUS letters: FUCOUS, for 11 points.
Keep every letter of FUSCOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with FU · ending in US · all 7-letter words
The meaning of FUSCOUS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FUSCOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUSCOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 28) | 20 | 28 | 18 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FUSC, FOUS, UFOS, SOCS, UFO, SUSU, OUS and OU, 8 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SOC and SUS, 2 in all.