Unscramble LOATHSOME and you have 269 words, LOATHSOME itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is LOTHSOME, 13 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from LOATHSOME by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
LOTHSOME is the only one of the 8-letter words in LOATHSOME; it scores 13 points.
15 of 48 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LOATHSOME tie at 11 points; none scores more. HOTELS, ALMOST and SMOOTH will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from LOATHSOME, the top score is 10, reached by 24. HOTEL, HOMES and HOLES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from LOATHSOME, 24 score 9 points, the group's best. HOME, HOST and HEAT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words in LOATHSOME, the top score is 8, reached by 6. HAS, HOT and MET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LOATHSOME but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LO · ending in ME · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HAMLETS, MOOLAHS and SMOOTHE (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LOATHSOME works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOATHSOME itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 232 | 267 | 204 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: HOLESOM, HAMOSE, MEATHS, METHOS, OMLAHS, SHTOOM, SMEATH, MEATH, METHO, OMLAH, SHALM, THEMA and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: SMOOTHE, HOLMES, HOLME, HOMAS, MOHOS, SHMOE, HOMA, HOMS, MOHO, MOSH, HOLOS, HOM and 16 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: HAOLES and HAOLE.
With one more tile, the letters of LOATHSOME spell the words below.