Words Containing LANOU

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing LANOU?

XANTHOMELANOUS is worth 26 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are VILLANOUSLY (17), PORCELLANOUS (16), VILLANOUS (12).

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All Words Containing LANOU 5 words

How often does LANOU appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 5 words containing LANOU. Most are 8 letters long, they average 16.2 points and the best is XANTHOMELANOUS (26 points).

Total words: 5
Most common length: 8 letters; 1 words
Average Scrabble score: 16.2; out of 26 max
Longest word: XANTHOMELANOUS; 14 letters
Most common ending: S; 80% of words

Most common last letters

s 80%
y 20%

Top vowel pairs

ou100%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing LANOU

x ₈a ₁n ₁t ₁h ₄o ₁m ₃e ₁l ₁a ₁n ₁o ₁u ₁s ₁

X 8 + A 1 + N 1 + T 1 + H 4 + O 1 + M 3 + E 1 + L 1 + A 1 + N 1 + O 1 + U 1 + S 1 = 26 points

Double word: 52 pts
Triple word: 78 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

xanthomelanous

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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