Unscramble SEROTINOUS and you have 349 words, SEROTINOUS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. OUTSNORES and ROOTINESS are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SEROTINOUS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 17 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SEROTINOUS come to 60, each scoring 7 points. STORIES, SERIOUS and ROUTINE are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words from SEROTINOUS scores 6. INSERT, NURSES and RESIST are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SEROTINOUS come to 60, each scoring 5 points. ISSUE, NOTES and NOISE are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from SEROTINOUS scores 4. NOTE, REST and RENT are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 3-letter words in SEROTINOUS score 3 points. NOT, ONE and OUT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SEROTINOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OUTSNORES and ROOTINESS (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SEROTINOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEROTINOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 349) | 263 | 347 | 243 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
85 of the 349 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ISOTRONS, NITREOUS, TERSIONS, UNROOSTS, INTUSES, ISOTRON, OORIEST, OOSIEST, ORNISES, OURIEST, OUTNESS, ROESTIS and 73 more. 19 of the 349 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ROOTINESS, STRINES, NUTSOS, OUTIES, OUTROS, RESITS, NUTSO, OUTIE, OUTRO, RENOS, RESIT, ESTS and 7 more. 1 of the 349 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS. 1 of the 349 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 3 words take every letter of SEROTINOUS plus a single extra one.