251 words come out when you unscramble SLUICEWAYS, starting with SLUICEWAYS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SLUICEWAY leads with 17 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SLUICEWAYS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 10 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in SLUICEWAYS: SLUICEWAY, 17 points.
SWAYLS and WISELY are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SLUICEWAYS, 12 points each. EASILY, CAUSES and CLAUSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SLUICEWAYS, 7 score 11 points, the group's best. CASES, ESSAY and CLAWS are the ones most people know.
12 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SLUICEWAYS tie at 10 points; none scores more. EASY, SAYS and WAYS will look familiar.
60 3-letter words from SLUICEWAYS; 6 of them share the top score of 9. WAS, WAY and LAW are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SLUICEWAYS for another and you can spell this word:
More 10-letter words: starting with SL · ending in YS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WAYLESS (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SLUICEWAYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLUICEWAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 185 | 251 | 174 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
66 of the 251 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWAYLS, SWALY, SWAYL, SWEYS, CLUEY, SCAWS, SCYES, SWEY, WALISES, WEYS, CLUSIAS, SALICES and 54 more. 11 of the 251 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SWILES, EYASS, LASSY, SWILE, WALIE, WALIS, WALI, LIASES, YAS, CAL and EW.