Unscramble SCUZZ and you have 4 words, SCUZZ itself among them: it scores 25 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. 5 letters: 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
S1C34U12Z10Z10
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SCUZZ by length: 1 with 5 letters, 2 with 3 and 1 with 2. None has 4 letters.
Just 1 of the 2-letter words made with SCUZZ letters: US, for 2 points.
Keep every letter of SCUZZ but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with SC · ending in Z · all 5-letter words
SCUZZ first, then short meanings for the 3 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: SCUZZ is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCUZZ itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 4) | 4 | 4 | 1 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
3 of the 4 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SCUZZ, ZUZ and CUZ.
These 2 words take every letter of SCUZZ plus a single extra one.