Unscramble MURRIONS to get 154 words. MURRIONS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
M34U12R1R1I1O1N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MURRIONS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 28 with 5, 48 with 4, 47 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 28 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MURRIONS, the top score is 7, reached by 17. MINOR, MINUS and RUINS are the familiar ones.
27 of 48 4-letter words from MURRIONS tie at 6 points; none scores more. IRON, RUNS and NORM will look familiar.
Of the 47 3-letter words made with MURRIONS letters, 20 score 5 points, the group's best. SUN, RUN and SON are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MURRIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MU · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MINORS, MORRIS, MOURNS, RIMOUS and RUMORS (8 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: MURRIONS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURRIONS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 154) | 112 | 153 | 103 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MURRIONS, MURRINS, MURRION, MURRIN, MURRIS, ONIUMS, MINOS, MIROS, MUIRS, MURRI, RIMUS, ROUMS and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MUSO, SUMI, MOI, SOM, UMS, UNIS, UNI and OI, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS.