Unscramble PROMISCUOUS to get 289 words. PROMISCUOUS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. PROMUSCIS is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PROMISCUOUS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 22 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 10 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with PROMISCUOUS letters: PROMUSCIS, 15 points.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PROMISCUOUS are led by CUPRUMS, SCRIMPS and SCRUMPS, 13 points each. CURIOUS is the familiar one.
Of the 60 6-letter words from PROMISCUOUS, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. CORPUS, COSMOS and POROUS are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 5-letter words from PROMISCUOUS tie at 11 points; none scores more. MUSIC, CROSS and MICRO will look familiar.
COMP scores highest among the 4-letter words in PROMISCUOUS at 10 points, ahead of COMS and COOM on 8. PICS, MISS and CROP are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 3-letter words made with PROMISCUOUS letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. PRO, CUP and PIC will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PROMISCUOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CUPRUMS and SCRIMPS (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PROMISCUOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROMISCUOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 226 | 287 | 200 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 63 of them: PROMUSCIS, SCRUMPS, MORISCOS, SCRUMP, MORISCO, CORMUS, CUSUMS, PSORIC, RUMPOS, SCORIOUS, SCOUPS, SPOOMS and 51 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: CORIUMS, IMPROS, MUCROS, COSMO, IMPRO, POMOS, COPI, CUMS, MICS, MIPS, POMO, MIC and 12 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: CRIPS and CRIP.