Jumble solved
Is LABORIOUS a word? Yes.
LABORIOUS is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 11 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 241 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 241
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 5 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 5 vowels (A, O, I, O, U) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (L, B, R, S).
laborious in a sentence
“Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all Learn these from Cato.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of LABORIOUS
One word uses all 9 letters:
- laborious
9-letter words
1 word found7-letter words
7 words found6-letter words
20 words found+ 5 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
51 words found+ 36 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
89 words found+ 74 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
55 words found+ 40 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
18 words found+ 3 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside LABORIOUS
Without moving a single letter, reading laborious straight through uncovers 2 shorter words — labor, lab. The longest unbroken run is labor.
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Shorter words inside LABORIOUS — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to LABORIOUS
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and laborious opens up 1 10-letter word. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
8
Vowels
56%
A, O, I, O, U
Consonants
44%
L, B, R, S
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Solving LABORIOUS: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters laborious?
Rearranging the 9 letters in laborious produces 241 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 9-letter answer laborious here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does laborious have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, laborious rearranges into exactly one word: laborious.
What is the longest word you can make from laborious?
The longest solution is laborious at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from laborious?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: laborious yields abs, ail, air, ais, alb, als, arb, aro, ars and bal. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "laborious" used in a sentence?
Laborious is itself a valid word. For example: "Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all Learn these from Cato." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from laborious scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, laborious is the top scorer from laborious at 11 points, followed by bailors (9), burials (9) and labours (9). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside laborious?
Read left to right without moving any letters and laborious already contains 2 shorter words: labor and lab. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is labor. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.