Unscramble MORESQUE and you have 151 words, MORESQUE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MORESQUE split into 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 6, 30 with 5, 54 with 4, 42 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 7 letters.
QUEME tops the 5-letter words made with MORESQUE letters at 16 points; next come EQUES and QUEER on 14. MOUSE, EUROS and SERUM will look familiar.
Of the 54 4-letter words from MORESQUE, 34 score 6 points, the group's best. MORE, SOME and USER are the ones most people know.
SUQ tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MORESQUE at 12 points; next come EME and EMO on 5. USE, SEE and SUM will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MORESQUE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MO · ending in UE · all 8-letter words
What MORESQUE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MORESQUE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORESQUE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 109 | 151 | 101 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: QUEMES, QUEME, EMURES, EMURE, MEERS, MERSE, MEUSE, MOERS, ROUMS, RUMES, SMORE, MEER and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EQUES, QUESO, EMOS, MUSO, EMO, MES, SOM and UMS, 8 in all.
This word takes every letter of MORESQUE plus a single extra one.