Unscramble PONDEROUS and you have 290 words, PONDEROUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. POUNDERS and PRODNOSE are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PONDEROUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 22 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
13 of 22 7-letter words made with PONDEROUS letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. RESPOND, SNOOPER and SOUNDER will look familiar.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PONDEROUS; 29 of them share the top score of 9. PERSON, POUNDS and DONORS are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from PONDEROUS, the top score is 8, reached by 36. SPEND, PROUD and OPENS are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PONDEROUS; 20 of them share the top score of 7. OPEN, POOR and DROP are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from PONDEROUS, the top score is 6, reached by 6. END, RED and DUE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PONDEROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with POUNDERS (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PONDEROUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PONDEROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 231 | 290 | 213 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PRODNOSE, POUDERS, POUDRES, POUDER, POUDRE, PUDORS, ROOPED, SOOPED, UNSPED, DOUPS, OOPED, OUPED and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERNODS, PERNOD, PRONED, SPOONER, UNROPES, POOED, PRONES, UNROPE, URPED, DEPS, RONDES, DEP and 6 more, 18 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of PONDEROUS and one more.