Unscramble LOTUSES to get 129 words. LOTUSES itself is a real word: 7 points on a Scrabble board, 9 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 7 points: SOLUTES and TOUSLES. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. LOTUSES as a single 7-tile play makes 57 in Scrabble, 7 plus the 50 bonus, and 44 in Words With Friends (9 + 35).
L12O1T1U12S1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from LOTUSES by length: 3 with 7 letters, 11 with 6, 30 with 5, 43 with 4, 29 with 3 and 13 with 2.
All 30 of the 5-letter words from LOTUSES score 5 points. SLOTS, LOTUS and SOULS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 43 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LOTUSES scores 4. LESS, LOSS and LOST are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LOTUSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with LO · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
What LOTUSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LOTUSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOTUSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 108 | 129 | 101 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EUSOLS, ULOSES, EUSOL, LESTS, LOTES, SLUSE, SOUTS, TOSES, ELTS, LOTE, LOUS, SOUT and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ESTS, UTES, EST, SUS, TES, UTE and TE, 7 in all.
These 8 words take every letter of LOTUSES plus a single extra one.