Unscramble PENURIOUS to get 279 words. PENURIOUS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PENURIOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 17 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in PENURIOUS: PRUINOSE, for 10 points.
54 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PENURIOUS; 42 of them share the top score of 8. PERSON, SENIOR and PRISON are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from PENURIOUS score 7 points. SUPER, OPENS and PURSE are the ones most people know.
57 of 60 4-letter words from PENURIOUS tie at 6 points; none scores more. OPEN, PURE and POUR will look familiar.
60 3-letter words in PENURIOUS; 29 of them share the top score of 5. ONE, PRO and UPS are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PENURIOUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PRUINOSE (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PENURIOUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENURIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 279) | 224 | 279 | 210 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: PIONERS, POURIES, POURSUE, PROINES, PRUINES, UNPURSE, PIONER, POURIE, PREONS, PROINE, PROINS, PRUINE and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: UNROPES, ESPOIR, PERNIO, PORINS, POSIER, PRONES, UNROPE, INSPO, PORIN, URPS, POS, URP and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of PENURIOUS and one more.