Possible Words From tenuous
By length, the words from TENUOUS split into 1 with 7 letters, 16 with 5, 33 with 4, 31 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with tenuous
1 word · top score 7 (+50 for all 7 tiles)
5 Letter Words You Can Make with tenuous
16 words · top score 5 · everyday: NOTES, STONE, TONES
Every one of the 16 5-letter words in TENUOUS scores 5. NOTES, STONE and TONES are everyday picks.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with tenuous
33 words · top score 4 · everyday: NOTE, SENT, ONES
All 33 of the 4-letter words made with TENUOUS letters score 4 points. NOTE, SENT and ONES are the ones most people know.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with tenuous
31 words · top score 3 · everyday: NOT, ONE, OUT
Every one of the 31 3-letter words from TENUOUS scores 3. NOT, ONE and OUT are everyday picks.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with tenuous
17 words · top score 2 · everyday: ON, US, NO
The 2-letter words you get when you unscramble TENUOUS come to 17, each scoring 2 points. ON, US and NO are the familiar ones.
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Neighbor Words of TENUOUS
Keep every letter of TENUOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
- U G gives TONGUES · words from tongues
- S Q gives UNQUOTE · words from unquote
- E R gives OUTRUNS · words from outruns
- E G gives OUTGUNS · unscramble outguns
- U R gives TONSURE · words from tonsure
- O P gives TUNEUPS · words from tuneups
More 7-letter words: starting with TE · ending in US · all 7-letter words
What the Best TENUOUS Words Mean
What TENUOUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
- TENUOUS 7 · 10
- having little substance or strength
- NOTES 5 · 6
- to write down
- NUTSO 5 · 7
- a crazy or eccentric person
- ONSET 5 · 6
- a beginning
- SETON 5 · 6
- a type of surgical thread
- SNOUT 5 · 7
- to provide with a nozzle
- STENO 5 · 6
- a stenographer
- STONE 5 · 6
- to pelt with stones (pieces of concreted earthy or mineral matter)
TENUOUS in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TENUOUS, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENUOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 98) | 82 | 98 | 78 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OUENS, STOUN, SUENT, TOUNS, ENTS, NOUT, ONST, SOUT, STEN, TOSE, TOUN, UTUS and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NUTSO, EST, TES and TE, 4 in all.
98 words come out when you unscramble TENUOUS, starting with TENUOUS itself: 7 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. 7 letters: 4 vowels and 3 consonants. All 7 tiles of TENUOUS in one turn: 57 in Scrabble (7 + 50), 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
Add a Letter to TENUOUS
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