Unscramble LAUNDS and you have 66 words, LAUNDS itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of LAUNDS is on the page: SULDAN, each 7 points. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 6 points, LANDS, LAUDS and DUALS among them. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LAUNDS split into 2 with 6 letters, 10 with 5, 21 with 4, 23 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Keep every letter of LAUNDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with LA · ending in DS · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SULDAN (7 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: LAUNDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUNDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 66) | 53 | 66 | 44 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
13 of the 66 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAUNDS, DUANS, LAUND, UDALS, DUAN, NADS, UDAL, ALUS, SUD, UDS, ALU, ANS and 1 more. 9 of the 66 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANS, LUDS, DAN, DAS, LUD, LUNS, DA, LUN and SAN.
These 11 words take every letter of LAUNDS plus a single extra one.