98 words come out when you unscramble INSULSE, starting with INSULSE itself: 7 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 7 points: SILENUS. 4 shorter words score 6, among them ELSINS, LUNIES and SILENS. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of INSULSE in one turn: 57 in Scrabble (7 + 50), 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from INSULSE split into 2 with 7 letters, 4 with 6, 23 with 5, 31 with 4, 27 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Keep every letter of INSULSE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with IN · ending in SE · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SILENUS (7 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: INSULSE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSULSE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 98) | 72 | 98 | 67 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INSULSE, ELSINS, SILENS, ELSIN, NELIS, NISSE, SEILS, SENSI, SIENS, SILEN, SILES, SLUSE and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LUNS, UNIS, LUN, SUS and UNI, 5 in all.
These 10 words take every letter of INSULSE plus a single extra one.