Unscramble LINURONS and you have 146 words, LINURONS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LINURON and SURLOIN lead with 7 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
L12I1N12U12R1O1N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LINURONS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 30 with 5, 50 with 4, 40 with 3 and 17 with 2.
All 30 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LINURONS score 5 points. UNION, LIONS and RUINS are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from LINURONS come to 50, each scoring 4 points. SOUL, IRON and RUNS are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of LINURONS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with LI · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
LINURONS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LINURONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINURONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 146) | 112 | 145 | 99 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
34 of the 146 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SURLOIN, LOIRS, LOUNS, NIRLS, NOULS, ROINS, ROULS, URSON, LOIR, LOUN, LOUS, LURS and 22 more. 12 of the 146 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INRUNS, RONINS, INRUN, NONIS, RONIN, LUNS, NONI, UNIS, LOR, LUN, UNI and OI. 1 of the 146 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS.
This word takes every letter of LINURONS plus a single extra one.