316 words come out when you unscramble RIGHTEOUS, starting with RIGHTEOUS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 12 points, ROUGHEST, GHOSTIER and RESOUGHT among them. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RIGHTEOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 34 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
34 7-letter words in RIGHTEOUS; 12 of them share the top score of 11. TOUGHER is an everyday pick.
Of the 60 6-letter words from RIGHTEOUS, 16 score 10 points, the group's best. RIGHTS, SOUGHT and TIGERS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RIGHTEOUS, the top score is 9, reached by 23. OTHER, RIGHT and HOUSE are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 4-letter words made with RIGHTEOUS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. HOUR, HUGE and HOST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RIGHTEOUS, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. GET, HOT and GOT are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of RIGHTEOUS, with one letter different:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by RESOUGHT, ROUGHEST, ROUGHIES and TOUGHIES (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RIGHTEOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIGHTEOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 316) | 241 | 316 | 215 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GOTHIER, OUTHIRES, ROUGHIE, OUTHIRE, ROUGHT, ROUTHIE, TOSHIER, EUGHS, GHEST, GOSHT, GOUSTIER, HOSTIE and 63 more, 75 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ROUGHIES, SHOUTIER, HOUSIER, GOETH, GOTHS, HORSIE, SHOGI, GOTH, HOSER, OUTRIGS, ROSHI, SHERO and 14 more, 26 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of RIGHTEOUS plus a single extra one.