Unscramble SPONGIOUS and you have 213 words, SPONGIOUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. SOOPINGS and SPOUSING are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SPONGIOUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 20 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
10 of 38 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPONGIOUS tie at 8 points; none scores more. USING, SONGS and SIGNS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from SPONGIOUS, 11 score 7 points, the group's best. SIGN, SONG and SPIN are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 3-letter words in SPONGIOUS tie at 6 points; none scores more. SUN, SON and UPS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SPONGIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SPOUSING (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SPONGIOUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPONGIOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 213) | 154 | 213 | 132 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
59 of the 213 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPONGIOUS, SOOPINGS, POSINGS, POSSING, SOOPING, OOPING, OUPING, POISSON, POUSSIN, PSIONS, SPUGS, GUPS and 47 more. 22 of the 213 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PONGOS, POOING, INSPOS, POGOS, PONGO, INSPO, POGO, SUSING, POOS, NUGS, POO, POS and 10 more.