Unscramble RUSA and you have 12 words, RUSA itself among them: it scores 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. RUSA has 2 anagrams here, SURA and URSA, scoring 4 like RUSA itself. The 4 letters split into 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RUSA by length: 3 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of RUSA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with RU · ending in SA · all 4-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SURA and URSA (4 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: RUSA is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 12) | 8 | 12 | 8 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
4 of the 12 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RUSA, SAR, SUR and UR.
With one more tile, the letters of RUSA spell the words below.