Unscramble OOSPERMS and you have 184 words, OOSPERMS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. OOSPERM is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from OOSPERMS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 21 with 6, 48 with 5, 57 with 4, 40 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 48 5-letter words from OOSPERMS, the top score is 9, reached by 14. PRESS, ROOMS and ROSES are the familiar ones.
11 of 57 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OOSPERMS tie at 8 points; none scores more. MORE, SOME and ROOM will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OOSPERMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OO · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
OOSPERMS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OOSPERMS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OOSPERMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 184) | 144 | 184 | 130 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
40 of the 184 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPOOMS, MOOPS, POROSES, PREMS, SPOOM, MOOP, MORSES, POSSER, PREM, SMOORS, SMORES, MOERS and 28 more. 14 of the 184 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: POMOS, POMO, EMOS, POOS, SEPS, SOMS, EMO, MES, POO, POS, SOM, PO and 2 more.
These 5 words take every letter of OOSPERMS plus a single extra one.