Unscramble JALOUSES and you have 136 words, JALOUSES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. JEALOUS and JALOUSE are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from JALOUSES split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 9 with 6, 32 with 5, 43 with 4, 34 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 32 5-letter words from JALOUSES, the top score is 12, reached by 7. SALES, SOULS and SEALS are the familiar ones.
9 of 43 4-letter words you get when you unscramble JALOUSES tie at 11 points; none scores more. ALSO, SALE and LESS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of JALOUSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with JA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by JEALOUS (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts JALOUSES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JALOUSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 136) | 104 | 136 | 100 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: JALOUSES, JALOUSE, JESUS, JASS, JOLS, SJOE, JOL, JA, EUSOLS, SALUES, ULOSES, AULOS and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SOJUS, SOJU, SOLAS and SUS, 4 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of JALOUSES and one more.