Unscramble UNUSEFUL to get 56 words. UNUSEFUL itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. USEFUL and UNSELF are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
U12N12U12S1E1F4U12L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from UNUSEFUL by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 4 with 5, 19 with 4, 21 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of UNUSEFUL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with UN · ending in UL · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by USEFUL (9 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
UNUSEFUL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNUSEFUL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 56) | 49 | 56 | 44 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNUSEFUL, UNSELF, ELFS, NEFS, NEF, ULES and ULE, 7 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ENUF, FES, FE, LUNS and LUN, 5 in all.