Unscramble LACUNES and you have 157 words, LACUNES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. LACUNES has 4 anagrams here, CENSUAL, LAUNCES, UNLACES and UNSCALE, scoring 9 like LACUNES itself. The best shorter words score 8: 14 of them, CLAUSE, CLEANS and UNCLES included. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. LACUNES as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LACUNES by length: 5 with 7 letters, 15 with 6, 31 with 5, 53 with 4, 39 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 31 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LACUNES, 18 score 7 points, the group's best. CAUSE, SCALE and CLEAN are the ones most people know.
23 of 53 4-letter words from LACUNES tie at 6 points; none scores more. CASE, SALE and LANE will look familiar.
Of the 39 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LACUNES, 9 score 5 points, the group's best. CAN, USE and SUN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LACUNES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with LA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The meaning of LACUNES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LACUNES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LACUNES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 157) | 123 | 157 | 117 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNSCALE, ANCLES, CAUSEN, SECULA, ANCLE, CLAES, UNCES, AESC, ANCE, CEAS, CENS, SCUL and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CALS, CAL, LUNS, NAES, LUN and SAN, 6 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of LACUNES spell the words below.