Unscramble NONPLUSSES to get 246 words. NONPLUSSES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. NONPLUSES is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
N12O1N12P34L12U12S1S1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from NONPLUSSES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 18 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with NONPLUSSES letters: NONPLUSES, 11 points.
Among 16 7-letter words you get when you unscramble NONPLUSSES, the top score is 9, reached by 8. LESSONS, SPOUSES and SUNLESS are the familiar ones.
19 of 38 6-letter words from NONPLUSSES tie at 8 points; none scores more. LESSON, LOSSES and SPOUSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NONPLUSSES, 30 score 7 points, the group's best. PULSE, OPENS and SLOPE are the ones most people know.
38 of 60 4-letter words from NONPLUSSES tie at 6 points; none scores more. OPEN, LESS and PLUS will look familiar.
Of the 49 3-letter words in NONPLUSSES, 19 score 5 points, the group's best. ONE, USE and SUN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NONPLUSSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with NO · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
NONPLUSSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NONPLUSSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NONPLUSSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 246) | 184 | 246 | 175 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 246 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POUSSES, PUSSELS, SOUPLES, SUSPENS, PELONS, POULES, POUSSE, PUSLES, PUSSEL, SOUPLE, SPULES, ELOPS and 50 more. 9 of the 246 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SOUPLESS, PLEONS, PLEON, SEPS, POS, LUNS, PO, LUN and SUS.