Unscramble MEDUSA and you have 90 words, MEDUSA itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. MEDUSA has 1 anagram here, AMUSED, scoring 9 like MEDUSA itself. Among the shorter answers, 8 reach 8 points, DUMAS, DAMES and MUSED among them. The 6 letters split into 3 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MEDUSA by length: 2 with 6 letters, 9 with 5, 28 with 4, 36 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Keep every letter of MEDUSA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with ME · ending in SA · all 6-letter words
MEDUSA first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. MEDUSA 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDUSA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 90) | 68 | 90 | 61 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADSUM, MASED, AMES, MASE, MASU, MEUS, UMES, AME, DAES, DEUS, MEU, SAM and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MEDS, DUM, MES, UMS, DAS, EDS and DA, 7 in all.
These 8 words take every letter of MEDUSA plus a single extra one.