Unscramble ROBUSTIOUS and you have 242 words, ROBUSTIOUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ROBUSTIOUS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 9 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
Among 36 6-letter words in ROBUSTIOUS, the top score is 8, reached by 19. ROBUST, ROBOTS and BISTRO are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ROBUSTIOUS, 33 score 7 points, the group's best. BOOTS, BOOST and ROBOT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from ROBUSTIOUS; 40 of them share the top score of 6. ROOT, BOOT and BITS are everyday picks.
25 of 57 3-letter words in ROBUSTIOUS tie at 5 points; none scores more. BUT, OUT and ITS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ROBUSTIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with RO · ending in US · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BISTROS, OBOISTS, RUBIOUS and RUBOUTS (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ROBUSTIOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBUSTIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 182 | 242 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BRUSTS, BUISTS, BUROOS, BUSTIS, OOBITS, OUBITS, SORBUS, BITOS, BITOU, BRUST, BUIST, BUROO and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TSUBOS, BIROS, BRISS, BRUTS, TSOURIS, TSUBO, BIRO, OUTROS, ROSTIS, OUTRO, ROSTI, ROOS and 3 more, 15 in all.