Unscramble LIQUIDUSES and you have 145 words, LIQUIDUSES itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
L12I1Q10U12I1D2U12S1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LIQUIDUSES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 37 with 5, 49 with 4, 33 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 5-letter words from LIQUIDUSES, EQUID, QUIDS and SQUID tie for first at 15 points. ISSUE, SLIDE and SIDES are everyday picks.
QUID scores highest among the 4-letter words in LIQUIDUSES at 14 points, ahead of SUQS on 13 and DEIL on 5. USED, LESS and SIDE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LIQUIDUSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LIQUIDS and SILIQUES (17 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LIQUIDUSES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIQUIDUSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 145) | 116 | 145 | 107 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIQUIDUSES, LIQUIDUS, DIELS, DULES, EILDS, SIELD, SILED, SUIDS, DEUS, DULE, EILD, SEILS and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: QIS, QI, DESIS, SUSED, DESI, LUDS, EDS, LUD and SUS, 9 in all.