Unscramble NONPLUSES and you have 229 words, NONPLUSES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
N12O1N12P34L12U12S1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NONPLUSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 18 with 2.
17 of 32 6-letter words from NONPLUSES tie at 8 points; none scores more. LESSON, SPOUSE and SLOPES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NONPLUSES, 30 score 7 points, the group's best. PULSE, OPENS and SLOPE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with NONPLUSES letters; 38 of them share the top score of 6. OPEN, LESS and PLUS are everyday picks.
19 of 49 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NONPLUSES tie at 5 points; none scores more. ONE, USE and SUN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of NONPLUSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What NONPLUSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. NONPLUSES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NONPLUSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 173 | 229 | 165 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 56 of them: SOUPLES, PELONS, POULES, POUSSE, PUSLES, PUSSEL, SOUPLE, SPULES, ELOPS, NOUPS, NOUSLES, OLPES and 44 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: PLEONS, PLEON, SEPS, POS, LUNS, PO, LUN and SUS.
Each word below uses all the letters of NONPLUSES and one more.