Unscramble STRENUOUS and you have 284 words, STRENUOUS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, TONSURES and UNSUREST lead with 8 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from STRENUOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 21 with 2.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STRENUOUS come to 60, each scoring 6 points. STORES, SENSOR and STONES are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from STRENUOUS scores 5. NOTES, STONE and ROUTE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with STRENUOUS letters come to 60, each scoring 4 points. NOTE, SORT and SENT are the familiar ones.
All 56 of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble STRENUOUS score 3 points. NOT, ONE and OUT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of STRENUOUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in US · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by TONSURES (8 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STRENUOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRENUOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 230 | 284 | 216 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNSUREST, OUTNESS, STURNUS, TOUSERS, TROUSES, ESTROS, NOSERS, RESTOS, RONTES, SERONS, SESTON, SOURSE and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TORUSES, NUTSOS, SORTES, SOUSER, NUTSO, RENOS, SENTS, ESTS, RENO, EST, SUS, TES and 2 more, 14 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of STRENUOUS and one more.