Unscramble SPINULOUS and you have 192 words, SPINULOUS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PULSIONS and UPSILONS, 10 points each. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SPINULOUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 13 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 19 with 2.
24 of 40 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPINULOUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. LIONS, SOULS and SOILS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in SPINULOUS, the top score is 6, reached by 34. PLUS, LOSS and SOUL are the familiar ones.
Of the 50 3-letter words made with SPINULOUS letters, 21 score 5 points, the group's best. SUN, OIL and SON are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SPINULOUS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PULSIONS and UPSILONS (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SPINULOUS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPINULOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 192) | 158 | 192 | 147 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
34 of the 192 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPINULOUS, POUSSIN, OPULUS, PSIONS, NOUPS, PSION, PULUS, UNSOULS, NOUP, OUPS, POSS, PULU and 22 more. 11 of the 192 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INSPOS, INSPO, LIPOS, LIPO, POS, LUNS, PO, LUN, SUS, UNI and OI.