POSSUM

6 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What POSSUM Means

noun: nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
noun: small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

Similar words

OPOSSUM PHALANGER

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

POSSUM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 S1 S1 U1 M3.

Words Made From The Letters In POSSUM

61 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

5 letter words (7)

MOPUS MOUPS MUSOS SOUMS SOUPS SUMOS SUMPS

4 letter words (21)

MOPS MOSS MOUP MOUS MUSO MUSS OPUS OUPS POMS POSS PUSS SOMS SOPS SOUM SOUP SOUS SUMO SUMP SUMS SUPS UMPS

3 letter words (22)

MOP MOS MOU MUS OMS OPS OUP OUS POM POS PUS SOM SOP SOS SOU SUM SUP SUS UMP UMS UPO UPS

2 letter words (11)

MO MU OM OP OS OU PO SO UM UP US

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