Unscramble REPULSES and you have 202 words, REPULSES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 9, among them REPULSE, PERSUES and PERUSES. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from REPULSES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 34 with 3 and 9 with 2.
27 of 33 6-letter words in REPULSES tie at 8 points; none scores more. LESSER, SLEEPS and PURSES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble REPULSES, 38 score 7 points, the group's best. PRESS, RULES and SUPER are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from REPULSES, the top score is 6, reached by 27. LESS, SURE and PLUS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of REPULSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What REPULSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. REPULSES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPULSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 202) | 147 | 201 | 138 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
55 of the 202 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERSUES, PERSUE, PRESES, PUSLES, PUSSEL, PUSSER, SPERSE, SPUERS, SPULES, UPSEES, LEEPS, LERPS and 43 more. 8 of the 202 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PERES, PERE, SEPS, URPS, RESES, URP, ESSE and SUS. 1 of the 202 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LUESES.
Each word below uses all the letters of REPULSES and one more.