Unscramble OUTWASHES to get 256 words. OUTWASHES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. WASHOUTS is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1U12T1W4A1S1H43E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OUTWASHES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
9 of 39 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OUTWASHES tie at 12 points; none scores more. HOUSES, WASTES and SHOUTS will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from OUTWASHES; 16 of them share the top score of 11. SOUTH, HOUSE and SHOWS are everyday picks.
17 of 60 4-letter words from OUTWASHES tie at 10 points; none scores more. SHOW, HOST and SHOT will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in OUTWASHES, the top score is 9, reached by 5. WAS, HAS and WHO are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OUTWASHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OU · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
OUTWASHES 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 OUTWASHES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUTWASHES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 207 | 256 | 190 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AWHETOS, AWHETO, SOWTHS, THEOWS, SOWTH, THEOW, ATHEOUS, WHAE, WHOT, WOAH, ASHETS, AWETOS and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WHATSO, SHWAS, SHWA, HAOS, HOSS, OWTS, SESH, SOHS, AHS, HOS, OWT, SHO and 5 more, 17 in all.