Unscramble PLUES and you have 35 words, PLUES itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 7 points: PULES, PULSE, PUSLE and SPULE. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PLUES by length: 5 with 5 letters, 11 with 4, 14 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of PLUES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with PL · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PULES and PULSE (7 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PLUES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLUES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 35) | 24 | 35 | 24 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PLUES, PUSLE, SPULE, LEPS, PELS, PLUE, LEP, PEL, PLU, ULES and ULE, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of PLUES and one more.