Unscramble SCUGS and you have 11 words, SCUGS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 5 letters, 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
S1C34U12G23S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SCUGS by length: 1 with 5 letters, 3 with 4, 4 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of SCUGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with SC · ending in GS · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 3 strongest answers mean; CUSS (6 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SCUGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCUGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 11) | 3 | 11 | 2 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCUGS, SCUG, SUGS, GUS, SUG, UGS, GU and UG, 8 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SUS.
This word takes every letter of SCUGS plus a single extra one.