167 words come out when you unscramble SCOURSES, starting with SCOURSES itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: SCOUSERS and SUCROSES. 9 shorter words score 9, among them COURSES, SOURCES and CROSSES. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SCOURSES split into 3 with 8 letters, 11 with 7, 26 with 6, 36 with 5, 48 with 4, 33 with 3 and 10 with 2.
20 of 26 6-letter words from SCOURSES tie at 8 points; none scores more. SOURCE, COURSE and SCORES will look familiar.
Of the 36 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SCOURSES, 21 score 7 points, the group's best. USERS, CROSS and SCORE are the ones most people know.
48 4-letter words in SCOURSES; 24 of them share the top score of 6. USER, SURE and USES are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SCOURSES but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SUCROSES (10 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SCOURSES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOURSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 127 | 167 | 117 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: SCOURSES, SCOUSERS, SCORSES, SCOURSE, SCOUSER, COSSES, COURES, SCORSE, SCUSES, SOUCES, COURE, COURS and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: SOCES, SOUSERS, CORS, ECOS, SOUSER, CRU, ECO, SOC, SUSES and SUS.
These 3 words take every letter of SCOURSES plus a single extra one.