199 words come out when you unscramble WIDOWERS, starting with WIDOWERS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WIDOWER leads with 14 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Counting the words from WIDOWERS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 15 with 6, 52 with 5, 58 with 4, 47 with 3 and 21 with 2.
WIDOW and WOWED are the top 5-letter words from WIDOWERS, 12 points each. WORDS, WORSE and WEIRD will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WIDOWERS is WOWS, 10 points; DEWS and DOWS on 8 follow. DOES, SIDE and WORD are everyday picks.
WOW tops the 3-letter words in WIDOWERS at 9 points; next come DEW and DOW on 7. RED, WED and DIE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of WIDOWERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with WI · ending in RS · all 8-letter words
WIDOWERS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WIDOWERS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WIDOWERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 199) | 158 | 199 | 145 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 199 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOWIER, SOWDER, WORSED, DROWS, ROWIES, WEIDS, DROW, OWRES, OWRIE, ROWIE, SWEIR, SWIRE and 29 more. 13 of the 199 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: WORDIES, WORDIE, OWIES, OWIE, DORES, RODES, ROIDS, SORED, DESI, EW, ROID, EDS and 1 more.