Unscramble ROISTEROUS and you have 327 words, ROISTEROUS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 8: 11 of them, TROUSERS, RESISTOR and ROOSTERS included. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ROISTEROUS split into 1 with 10 letters, 11 with 8, 58 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 7-letter words in ROISTEROUS come to 58, each scoring 7 points. STORIES, SERIOUS and RESORTS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ROISTEROUS score 6 points. RESORT, SISTER and ROUTER are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from ROISTEROUS scores 5. SITES, ISSUE and ROUTE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ROISTEROUS come to 60, each scoring 4 points. SITE, SORT and REST are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 55 3-letter words from ROISTEROUS scores 3. OUT, USE and ITS are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of ROISTEROUS, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with RO · ending in US · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OESTROUS, RESISTOR, ROISTERS, ROOSTERS, ROOTSIER, ROUSTERS, SORRIEST and TRESSOUR (8 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ROISTEROUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROISTEROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 327) | 243 | 326 | 220 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SORORISE, STOURIER, OORIEST, OOSIEST, OURIEST, RETOURS, ROESTIS, ROOTIES, RORIEST, ROSIERS, RUSTRES, SIROSET and 71 more, 83 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ROOTSIER, STORERS, TORUSES, TSOURIS, OUTIES, OUTROS, RESITS, ROSTIS, SORTES, SOUSER, OUTIE, OUTRO and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.