Unscramble MERITORIOUS and you have 337 words, MERITORIOUS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from MERITORIOUS split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 13 with 8, 52 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 10 letters.
29 of 52 7-letter words from MERITORIOUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. TOURISM, ROUTERS and ROOSTER will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MERITORIOUS, 53 score 8 points, the group's best. MOTORS, TUMORS and RUMORS are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MERITORIOUS come to 60, each scoring 7 points. ITEMS, ROOMS and MOTOR are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words from MERITORIOUS score 6 points. MORE, MOST and ITEM are the ones most people know.
32 of 60 3-letter words in MERITORIOUS tie at 5 points; none scores more. OUT, ITS and MET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of MERITORIOUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MISROUTE, MOISTURE, MOORIEST, MORTISER, MOTORISE, RESTROOM, ROOMIEST and STORMIER (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MERITORIOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERITORIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 337) | 245 | 337 | 229 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SUMOTORI, MOROSER, MORSURE, MOUTERS, STORMER, STURMER, UROSOME, MOISER, MOTIER, MOTSER, MOUSIE, MOUTER and 80 more, 92 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TREMOROUS, ROOTSIER, SMRITI, EMOS, MUSO, OUTIES, EMO, MES, MOI, SOM, TUM, UMS and 4 more, 16 in all.