Unscramble SEMILUSTROUS to get 394 words. SEMILUSTROUS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. 8 shorter words score 11, among them TREMULOUS, MISROUTES and MOISTURES. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SEMILUSTROUS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 11 with 9, 51 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 11 or 10 letters.
33 of 51 8-letter words made with SEMILUSTROUS letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. MOISTURE, MISTRESS and STIMULUS will look familiar.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMILUSTROUS come to 60, each scoring 9 points. MUSSELS is the familiar one.
All 60 of the 6-letter words from SEMILUSTROUS score 8 points. MOTELS, MERITS and MISSES are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words in SEMILUSTROUS come to 60, each scoring 7 points. ITEMS, MILES and MOUSE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words made with SEMILUSTROUS letters score 6 points. MORE, MOST and ITEM are the ones most people know.
37 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMILUSTROUS tie at 5 points; none scores more. ITS, LET and LOT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SEMILUSTROUS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with SE · ending in US · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MISROUTES, MOISTURES, OUTSMILES and TRISMUSES (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SEMILUSTROUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEMILUSTROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 394) | 298 | 394 | 277 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEMISOLUS, STORMLESS, EMULSORS, MIURUSES, MURLIEST, SMOUSERS, EMULSOR, LIMOSES, MISTLES, MOISERS, MOSSIES, MOTSERS and 84 more, 96 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SUMOISTS, SOULSTERS, TSOURISES, METOLS, MULIES, SOULSTER, TSORISES, TSURISES, METOL, EMOS, MUSO, EMO and 9 more, 21 in all.