Unscramble STRATUMS and you have 163 words, STRATUMS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1T1R1A1T1U12M34S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STRATUMS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 17 with 6, 43 with 5, 52 with 4, 35 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Of the 43 5-letter words from STRATUMS, 20 score 7 points, the group's best. START, STARS and TRUST are the ones most people know.
28 of 52 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STRATUMS tie at 6 points; none scores more. MUST, STAR and ARTS will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of STRATUMS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with ST · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
What STRATUMS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STRATUMS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRATUMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 163) | 126 | 163 | 121 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
37 of the 163 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MUSARS, RUSMAS, MASUS, MUSAR, RUSMA, SMURS, TURMS, UMRAS, ASTRUT, MASU, SAMS, SMUR and 25 more. 5 of the 163 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TUMS, TUM, UMS, ATS and SUS.
These 3 words take every letter of STRATUMS plus a single extra one.