Unscramble LIMULUSES and you have 150 words, LIMULUSES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 9 points, ILLUMES, LIMULUS and MISSELL among them. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from LIMULUSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 13 with 6, 37 with 5, 50 with 4, 33 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 37 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LIMULUSES, 23 score 7 points, the group's best. ISSUE, MILES and SMILE are the ones most people know.
50 4-letter words from LIMULUSES; 27 of them share the top score of 6. LESS, SELL and USES are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LIMULUSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ILLUMES, LIMULUS and MUESLIS (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: LIMULUSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIMULUSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 150) | 125 | 150 | 118 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: LIMULUSES, MISSELL, MULSES, SIMULS, MUILS, MULSE, MUSSE, SIMUL, MEUS, MUIL, UMES, UMUS and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: MULIES, MULIE, SUMIS, SUMI, MES, UMS and SUS.
This word takes every letter of LIMULUSES plus a single extra one.