178 words come out when you unscramble TENUIOUS, starting with TENUIOUS itself: 8 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, TENUOUS leads with 7 points. The 8 letters split into 5 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from TENUIOUS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 10 with 6, 36 with 5, 57 with 4, 49 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with TENUIOUS letters: TENUOUS, for 7 points.
Every one of the 36 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TENUIOUS scores 5. NOTES, UNITS and SUITE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from TENUIOUS come to 57, each scoring 4 points. SITE, NOTE and UNIT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of TENUIOUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with TE · ending in US · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with TENUOUS (7 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: TENUIOUS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENUIOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 137 | 178 | 124 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: TENUIOUS, INTUSE, SOUTIE, TONIES, UNSUIT, USTION, INUST, OINTS, OUENS, SIENT, STOUN, SUENT and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: OUTIES, NUTSO, OUTIE, TEINS, TEIN, UNIS, UTES, EST, TES, UNI, UTE, OI and 1 more.
This word takes every letter of TENUIOUS plus a single extra one.