Unscramble NOUSELLS and you have 137 words, NOUSELLS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 7: 5 of them, ENSOULS, NOUSELL and NOUSLES included. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NOUSELLS split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 16 with 6, 30 with 5, 42 with 4, 29 with 3 and 14 with 2.
All 30 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NOUSELLS score 5 points. SELLS, SOULS and LOSES are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from NOUSELLS come to 42, each scoring 4 points. LESS, SELL and LOSS are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of NOUSELLS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with NO · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ENSOULS and UNSELLS (7 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NOUSELLS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOUSELLS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 137) | 107 | 137 | 104 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NOUSELLS, NOUSELL, NOUSLES, SULLENS, EUSOLS, NOULES, NOUSLE, ULOSES, EUSOL, LOSEN, LOUNS, NOLES and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LUNS, LUN and SUS, 3 in all.
This word takes every letter of NOUSELLS plus a single extra one.