376 words come out when you unscramble NECTAREOUS, starting with NECTAREOUS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. NECTAREOUS has 1 anagram here, RACONTEUSE, scoring 12 like NECTAREOUS itself. 7 shorter words score 11, among them COURTESAN, CAROTENES and COURANTES. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from NECTAREOUS split into 2 with 10 letters, 7 with 9, 37 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
The 10-letter words in NECTAREOUS are 2: NECTAREOUS itself and 1 anagram, RACONTEUSE. Each scores 12 points.
Of the 37 8-letter words from NECTAREOUS, 33 score 10 points, the group's best. COUNTERS, ANCESTOR and CAROTENE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble NECTAREOUS scores 9. CENTERS, COUNTER and CREATES are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NECTAREOUS come to 60, each scoring 8 points. CENTER, CENTRE and ACTORS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from NECTAREOUS score 7 points. CAUSE, COAST and COUNT are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words in NECTAREOUS scores 6. CASE, CARE and COST are everyday picks.
27 of 60 3-letter words made with NECTAREOUS letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. NOT, ARE and CAN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of NECTAREOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CAROTENES, COURANTES, OUTRANCES and UNCREATES (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NECTAREOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NECTAREOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 376) | 306 | 376 | 281 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: NECTAREOUS, RACONTEUSE, ENACTURES, CARNEOUS, CORNUTES, CREASOTE, ENACTURE, ENCASTRE, SARCONET, SORTANCE, UNSECRET, UNTRACES and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 25 of them: CANOERS, CONURES, COTEAUS, CRETONS, CROUTES, CUATROS, CANOER, CENTAS, CONURE, ACROS, ASCON, CENTU and 13 more.
With one more tile, the letters of NECTAREOUS spell the words below.