Unscramble SCLEROUS and you have 240 words, SCLEROUS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of SCLEROUS is on the page: CLOSURES, each 10 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SCLEROUS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 12 with 2.
29 of 48 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SCLEROUS tie at 8 points; none scores more. SOURCE, COURSE and SCORES will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from SCLEROUS, the top score is 7, reached by 36. CLOSE, RULES and CROSS are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words in SCLEROUS; 33 of them share the top score of 6. LESS, LOSS and ROLE are everyday picks.
Among 46 3-letter words made with SCLEROUS letters, the top score is 5, reached by 16. USE, SEC and CUE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SCLEROUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SC · ending in US · all 8-letter words
What SCLEROUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCLEROUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCLEROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 179 | 240 | 168 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
61 of the 240 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ESCROLS, SCOURSE, SCOUSER, COURES, CRUELS, ESCROL, SCORSE, SOUCES, CLOUS, COURE, COURS, CRUES and 49 more. 11 of the 240 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SOCES, CORS, ECOS, LOCS, SOUSER, CRU, ECO, LOC, SOC, LOR and SUS.
Each word below uses all the letters of SCLEROUS and one more.