Unscramble NONSERIAL and you have 298 words, NONSERIAL itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
N12O1N12S1E1R1I1A1L12
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from NONSERIAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 22 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
All 60 of the 6-letter words from NONSERIAL score 6 points. ONLINE, LINEAR and ALIENS are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NONSERIAL come to 60, each scoring 5 points. LEARN, LINES and ALONE are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from NONSERIAL scores 4. ALSO, IRON and LANE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in NONSERIAL come to 60, each scoring 3 points. ARE, ONE and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of NONSERIAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NO · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
What NONSERIAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: NONSERIAL is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NONSERIAL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 298) | 245 | 297 | 232 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 298 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALERIONS, ONLINERS, ALERION, LIENORS, ONLINER, ORLEANS, RONNIES, SONLIER, ALISON, ESLOIN, LIENOR, NERALS and 41 more. 12 of the 298 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NONSERIAL, NONARIES, NINERS, ONLINE, LARNS, ARIE, AROS, LARN, ARO, LOR, RAI and OI. 1 of the 298 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS.
These 5 words take every letter of NONSERIAL plus a single extra one.