256 words come out when you unscramble SERIOUSLY, starting with SERIOUSLY itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ELUSORY leads with 10 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
S1E1R1I1O1U12S1L12Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SERIOUSLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with SERIOUSLY letters: SOILURES, for 8 points.
Of the 44 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SERIOUSLY, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. SURELY, ISSUER and LOSERS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from SERIOUSLY, the top score is 8, reached by 20. ISSUE, ROSES and ROLES are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words in SERIOUSLY; 24 of them share the top score of 7. LESS, LOSS and RISE are everyday picks.
16 of 60 3-letter words made with SERIOUSLY letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. USE, YES and OIL will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SERIOUSLY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SE · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
SERIOUSLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SERIOUSLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERIOUSLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 183 | 256 | 173 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 73 of them: OILERY, OSIERY, SOYLES, ULYIES, SLEYS, SOILY, SOYLE, ULYIE, LOSSIER, LOURIES, LOUSERS, LOYS and 61 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: YESSIR, RYUS, YOUS, RYU, SILOES, SOUSER, YER, LOR, SUS and OI.
Each word below uses all the letters of SERIOUSLY and one more.