Unscramble SOUTHERS and you have 269 words, SOUTHERS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. SOUTHERS has 1 anagram here, SHOUTERS, scoring 11 like SOUTHERS itself. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 10 points, SOUTHER, HORSTES and HOUSERS among them. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SOUTHERS split into 2 with 8 letters, 15 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 60 6-letter words from SOUTHERS, 31 score 9 points, the group's best. STORES, HOUSES and HORSES are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SOUTHERS; 40 of them share the top score of 8. OTHER, SOUTH and HOUSE are everyday picks.
45 of 60 4-letter words from SOUTHERS tie at 7 points; none scores more. HOUR, THUS and REST will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SOUTHERS but one, change that one, and you get:
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SOUTHERS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SOUTHERS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 219 | 269 | 201 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TOSHERS, OUTHER, SHOUSE, SOHURS, STOUSH, THUSES, TOSHER, ERHUS, HOUTS, HUERS, HUSOS, ROHES and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOSERS, HOSER, SHERO, HOSS, SESH, SOHS, TORUSES, HOS, SHO, SOH, SORTES, SOUSER and 6 more, 18 in all.
These 9 words take every letter of SOUTHERS plus a single extra one.