Unscramble TENEBROUS and you have 301 words, TENEBROUS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of TENEBROUS is on the page: BOUNTREES, each 11 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from TENEBROUS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
20 of 28 7-letter words you get when you unscramble TENEBROUS tie at 9 points; none scores more.
Among 60 6-letter words from TENEBROUS, the top score is 8, reached by 40. ENSURE, STEREO and ROUTES are the familiar ones.
54 of 60 5-letter words from TENEBROUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. ENTER, BONUS and BURNS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in TENEBROUS, 54 score 6 points, the group's best. BEEN, BEST and BORN are the ones most people know.
27 of 60 3-letter words made with TENEBROUS letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. NOT, BUT and ONE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of TENEBROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TE · ending in US · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BEERNUTS, BURSTONE, TUBENOSE and TUBEROSE (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TENEBROUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENEBROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 301) | 251 | 301 | 240 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOUNTREES, BOUNTREE, RUBSTONE, BEENTOS, BRETONS, BURSTEN, BEENTO, BENETS, BESORT, BOREES, BREEST, BRETON and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BEERNUTS, BEERNUT, BENTOS, BUSTEE, BENTO, BRUTS, BUTES, TSUBO, BES, EST and TE, 11 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of TENEBROUS plus a single extra one.