232 words come out when you unscramble TELLUROUS, starting with TELLUROUS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 7: 8 of them, SELLOUT, OUTSELL and ELUTORS included. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from TELLUROUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Every one of the 39 6-letter words in TELLUROUS scores 6. RESULT, ROUTES and STROLL are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TELLUROUS score 5 points. STORE, RULES and TOURS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from TELLUROUS scores 4. SELL, SORT and LOST are everyday picks.
All 47 of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble TELLUROUS score 3 points. OUT, USE and SET are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of TELLUROUS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with TE · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with LUTEOUS, OUTSELL, SELLOUT and TOLLERS (7 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TELLUROUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TELLUROUS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 172 | 232 | 166 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: ELUTORS, OUTLERS, TORULUS, TROULES, ELUTOR, LORELS, LOURES, LOUSER, LUTERS, OLLERS, OUTLER, RELLOS and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: TELLUROUS, EST, LOR, TES, UTE and TE.