Unscramble SURANCES to get 237 words. SURANCES itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: SUNCARES. The best shorter words score 9: 11 of them, SAUCERS, ANCRESS and ARCUSES included. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SURANCES by length: 2 with 8 letters, 11 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 15 with 2.
29 of 37 6-letter words from SURANCES tie at 8 points; none scores more. CENSUS, CAUSES and NURSES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SURANCES, 42 score 7 points, the group's best. CASES, CAUSE and NURSE are the ones most people know.
36 of 60 4-letter words in SURANCES tie at 6 points; none scores more. CASE, CARE and CARS will look familiar.
Among 52 3-letter words made with SURANCES letters, the top score is 5, reached by 12. ARE, CAN and USE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SURANCES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SU · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SUNCARES (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SURANCES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SURANCES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 185 | 237 | 176 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
52 of the 237 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SURANCES, SURANCE, CAUSEN, CRENAS, SCRAES, ACERS, CRANS, CRENA, CRUES, SCRAE, SCURS, SCUSE and 40 more. 9 of the 237 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SUNCARES, SUNCARE, SCRANS, SCRAN, CRU, NAES, NARE, SAN and SUS.
These 3 words take every letter of SURANCES plus a single extra one.