Unscramble PESTEROUS to get 316 words. PESTEROUS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: PROTEUSES. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PESTEROUS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 45 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 45 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PESTEROUS, 32 score 9 points, the group's best. POSTERS, POSTURE and STEREOS are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words from PESTEROUS come to 60, each scoring 8 points. SPORTS, POSTER and SPOUSE are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PESTEROUS scores 7. POSTS, PRESS and SPORT are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from PESTEROUS, the top score is 6, reached by 52. POST, STEP and PORT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in PESTEROUS, 24 score 5 points, the group's best. OUT, USE and SEE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PESTEROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PROTEUSES (11 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts PESTEROUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PESTEROUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 316) | 258 | 316 | 240 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PESTEROUS, OUTPEERS, PORTESSE, SEPTUORS, SUPERSET, OUTPEER, PERSUES, PERTUSE, PORTESS, POSEUSE, SEPTUOR, SEROPUS and 46 more, 58 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: REPOSTS, REPOST, PERES, TORUSES, PERE, SEPS, URPS, POS, PST, URP, ESSE, ESTS and 6 more, 18 in all.
These 7 words take every letter of PESTEROUS plus a single extra one.