Unscramble SPONGEOUS and you have 212 words, SPONGEOUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SPONGES, PONGOES and SPUNGES, 10 points each. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SPONGEOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 21 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
47 5-letter words from SPONGEOUS; 9 of them share the top score of 8. SONGS, GUESS and OPENS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SPONGEOUS, 9 score 7 points, the group's best. OPEN, GOES and GONE are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SPONGEOUS are led by GUP, PEG and PUG, 6 points each. ONE, USE and SUN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SPONGEOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in US · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SPONGES (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SPONGEOUS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPONGEOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 212) | 160 | 212 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
52 of the 212 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPONGEOUS, PONGOES, SPUNGES, SPEUGS, SPUNGE, UPGOES, UPGONE, POUSSE, SPEUG, SPUGS, GUPS, NOOPS and 40 more. 18 of the 212 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: POGOES, PONGOS, POGOS, PONGO, POGO, POOS, SEPS, SNOOSE, NEGS, NUGS, POO, POS and 6 more.