Unscramble QUOTATIOUS and you have 140 words, QUOTATIOUS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 6 vowels and 4 consonants.
Q10U12O1T1A1T1I1O1U12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from QUOTATIOUS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 6, 29 with 5, 44 with 4, 39 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9, 8 or 7 letters.
Of the 29 5-letter words made with QUOTATIOUS letters, 9 score 14 points, the group's best. AUTOS, TOAST and QUOTA are the ones most people know.
4 of 44 4-letter words you get when you unscramble QUOTATIOUS tie at 13 points; none scores more. AUTO, SUIT and QUIT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of QUOTATIOUS for another and you can spell this word:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; QUOITS and QUOTAS (15 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts QUOTATIOUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUOTATIOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 105 | 140 | 95 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: QUOTATIOUS, QUOIST, QUATS, QUIST, SQUIT, QUAT, TATOUS, AITUS, STOIT, TAITS, TATOU, TATUS and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: QIS, QI, AUTIST, TATSOI, OUTTA, OUTA, STOT, TOSA, ATS and OI.