Unscramble LECTURNS and you have 222 words, LECTURNS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12E1C34T1U12R1N12S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from LECTURNS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 14 with 2.
18 of 30 6-letter words in LECTURNS tie at 8 points; none scores more. RESULT, LUCENT and TUNERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LECTURNS, 34 score 7 points, the group's best. RULES, TURNS and NURSE are the ones most people know.
29 of 60 4-letter words from LECTURNS tie at 6 points; none scores more. RULE, REST and RENT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LECTURNS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LE · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CLUSTER, CUTLERS, ENCRUST and RELUCTS (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: LECTURNS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LECTURNS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 183 | 222 | 173 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
37 of the 222 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LECTURNS, CULTERS, CUSTREL, LECTURN, CRUELS, CULTER, SCRUNT, CRUES, UNCES, CENS, CRUE, LUTERS and 25 more. 12 of the 222 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CENTU, CERTS, CERT, TECS, CRU, TEC, LUNS, EST, LUN, TES, UTE and TE. 2 of the 222 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT.
These 3 words take every letter of LECTURNS plus a single extra one.