Unscramble LUTESCENT and you have 211 words, LUTESCENT itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. LETTUCES, CUNETTES and ESCULENT are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LUTESCENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 11 with 7, 26 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Of the 26 6-letter words from LUTESCENT, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. SELECT, SETTLE and LUCENT are the ones most people know.
18 of 56 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LUTESCENT tie at 7 points; none scores more. TEENS, STEEL and SCENE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with LUTESCENT letters, 19 score 6 points, the group's best. TEEN, SEEN and SENT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LUTESCENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LU · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ESCULENT and LETTUCES (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LUTESCENT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUTESCENT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 171 | 211 | 158 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 38 of them: LUTESCENT, CUNETTES, CUNETTE, CTENES, CTENE, UNCES, CENS, ETTLES, LUTTEN, SCUL, SETULE, SUTTLE and 26 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: CENTU, TELNETS, TECS, TELNET, STENT, SUETE, TEC, UNSEE, ESNE, LUNS, EST, LUN and 3 more. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: CUNTS and CUNT.