Unscramble MENISCUS to get 159 words. MENISCUS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CESIUMS and MISCUES lead with 11 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from MENISCUS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 13 with 6, 36 with 5, 52 with 4, 39 with 3 and 14 with 2.
7 of 36 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MENISCUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. MUSIC, ISSUE and MENUS will look familiar.
Of the 52 4-letter words from MENISCUS, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. MENU, NICE and USES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MENISCUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ME · ending in US · all 8-letter words
MENISCUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MENISCUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENISCUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 133 | 159 | 122 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
26 of the 159 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CNEMIS, CUNEI, MEINS, MUSSE, SCUSE, UNCES, CENS, MEIN, MEUS, UMES, UNCE, MEU and 14 more. 11 of the 159 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EMICS, CUMS, MICS, MIC, SUMIS, SUMI, MES, UMS, UNIS, SUS and UNI.
These 4 words take every letter of MENISCUS plus a single extra one.