Unscramble VERDUROUS and you have 188 words, VERDUROUS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DEVOURS and DROVERS, 11 points each. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from VERDUROUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 20 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 45 5-letter words you get when you unscramble VERDUROUS, the top score is 9, reached by 6. ORDER, ROVER and EUROS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from VERDUROUS, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. OVER, USED and DOES are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words from VERDUROUS is DEV, 7 points; EVO and REV on 6 follow. USE, RED and DUE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of VERDUROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VE · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DEVOURS and DROVERS (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. VERDUROUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERDUROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 141 | 188 | 134 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: DOVERS, VORRED, DERVS, DEVOS, DOVER, DERV, DEVO, VERD, VROUS, DERROS, EVOS, USURED and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: ERUVS, ERUV, DORES, RODES, SEV, SORED and EDS.