242 words come out when you unscramble SOURCEFUL, starting with SOURCEFUL itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, REFOCUS and FOCUSER lead with 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SOURCEFUL split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 39 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SOURCEFUL, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. SOURCE, COURSE and USEFUL are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from SOURCEFUL; 7 of them share the top score of 10. CLOSE, FORCE and SCORE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from SOURCEFUL, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. FOUR, SELF and CORE are the ones most people know.
15 of 59 3-letter words in SOURCEFUL tie at 6 points; none scores more. USE, SEC and FLU will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SOURCEFUL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SO · ending in UL · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FOCUSER and REFOCUS (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SOURCEFUL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOURCEFUL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 180 | 242 | 169 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FUROLES, URCEOLUS, FLEURS, FLOUSE, FORELS, FOULES, FUEROS, FUROLE, FUROLS, FUSC, COURES, CRUELS and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SOURCEFUL, CORS, ECOS, FES, LOCS, CRU, ECO, FE, LOC, SOC and LOR, 11 in all.
This word takes every letter of SOURCEFUL plus a single extra one.