Unscramble INNOCUOUS to get 97 words. INNOCUOUS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. NOCUOUS, NUNCIOS and UNCINUS are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from INNOCUOUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 18 with 5, 24 with 4, 30 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
These 3 words have the length of INNOCUOUS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with NOCUOUS, NUNCIOS and UNCINUS (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
INNOCUOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INNOCUOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 97) | 81 | 97 | 73 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
16 of the 97 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COOSIN, ONCUS, OONS, SUNI, IOS, ISO, NIS, NON, OIS, OON, OOS, OUS and 4 more. 8 of the 97 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NONIS, SOC, NONI, ONOS, UNIS, ONO, UNI and OI.
This word takes every letter of INNOCUOUS plus a single extra one.