120 words come out when you unscramble NUCLEUSES, starting with NUCLEUSES itself: 11 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
N12U12C34L12E1U12S1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from NUCLEUSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 14 with 6, 25 with 5, 43 with 4, 26 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 8 letters.
10 of 25 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NUCLEUSES tie at 7 points; none scores more. SENSE, SCENE and UNCLE will look familiar.
43 4-letter words from NUCLEUSES; 12 of them share the top score of 6. LESS, SEEN and USES are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of NUCLEUSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NU · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What NUCLEUSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NUCLEUSES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUCLEUSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 120) | 93 | 119 | 83 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NUCULES, CUNEUS, NUCULE, CESSE, SCULS, SCUSE, UNCES, UNSEELS, CENS, SCUL, UNCE, UNSEEL and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: UNSEES, ESNES, SENES, UNSEE, ESNE, ESSE, LUNS, LUN and SUS, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LUESES.