Unscramble RESIDUOUS and you have 246 words, RESIDUOUS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DESIROUS, 9 points. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
R1E1S1I1D2U12O1U12S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RESIDUOUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with RESIDUOUS letters: DESIROUS, for 9 points.
26 of 40 6-letter words from RESIDUOUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. ISSUED and ISSUER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RESIDUOUS, 38 score 6 points, the group's best. USERS, ISSUE and DRESS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in RESIDUOUS; 46 of them share the top score of 5. USED, DOES and SIDE are everyday picks.
27 of 57 3-letter words made with RESIDUOUS letters tie at 4 points; none scores more. USE, RED and DUE will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of RESIDUOUS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DESIROUS (9 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts RESIDUOUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDUOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 246) | 185 | 246 | 169 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RESIDUOUS, DORISES, DORISE, DORSES, ROSIED, RUDIES, SIDERS, SORDES, USURED, DEROS, DORIS, DORSE and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DISEURS, DISEUR, URSIDS, DESIS, DORES, RODES, ROIDS, SORED, SOUSER, SUSED, URSID, DESI and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of RESIDUOUS and one more.