Unscramble LITERATUS and you have 321 words, LITERATUS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LITERATUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 47 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
All 47 of the 7-letter words in LITERATUS score 7 points. TURTLES, RITUALS and STATURE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LITERATUS scores 6. LATEST, RESULT and ARTIST are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from LITERATUS come to 60, each scoring 5 points. LEAST, LATER and LASER are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LITERATUS score 4 points. LAST, EAST and ARTS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words from LITERATUS scores 3. ARE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LITERATUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in US · all 9-letter words
What LITERATUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. LITERATUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LITERATUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 321) | 253 | 320 | 240 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASTUTER, LUTITES, SITULAE, SLATTER, STILTER, TATLERS, TERTIAS, TERTIUS, TESTRIL, TITLERS, TITULES, TRISULA and 55 more, 67 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SURTITLE, LATTERS, ARTSIE, AUTIST, LITEST, LITES, ARIE, LATU, LIAS, ATS, EST, RAI and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of LITERATUS spell the words below.