Unscramble MOLOSSUS to get 81 words. MOLOSSUS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 8, among them OSMOLS, OSMOUS and SLOMOS. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from MOLOSSUS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 17 with 5, 27 with 4, 21 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of MOLOSSUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MO · ending in US · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OSMOLS, OSMOUS, SLOMOS and SOLUMS (8 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MOLOSSUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOLOSSUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 81) | 57 | 81 | 49 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 24 of them: MOLOSSUS, SLOOMS, MOULS, SLOOM, SOOMS, SOUMS, MOUS, OLMS, OOMS, SOOM, SOUM, MOU and 12 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: SLOMOS, MUSOS, SLOMO, MUSO, SOMS, SOM, UMS and SUS.