Unscramble ALECOSTS and you have 249 words, ALECOSTS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. ALECOSTS has 3 anagrams here, COATLESS, LACTOSES and SCATOLES, scoring 10 like ALECOSTS itself. Among the shorter answers, 11 reach 9 points, CLOSEST, CASTLES and CLOSETS among them. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ALECOSTS by length: 4 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 17 with 2.
29 of 40 6-letter words from ALECOSTS tie at 8 points; none scores more. CASTLE, LOCATE and SCALES will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ALECOSTS, the top score is 7, reached by 51. CLASS, LEAST and CLOSE are the familiar ones.
49 of 60 4-letter words from ALECOSTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. ALSO, CASE and COST will look familiar.
56 3-letter words in ALECOSTS; 17 of them share the top score of 5. SET, LET and ACT are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of ALECOSTS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with AL · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COATLESS and LACTOSES (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: ALECOSTS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALECOSTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 204 | 249 | 184 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALECOSTS, SCATOLES, ALECOST, COSTALS, SCATOLE, SCLATES, CLOTES, COATES, COSTES, ESTOCS, LACETS, OCTALS and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TELCOS, CALOS, SOCAS, SOCES, TELCO, CALS, ECOS, LOCS, SOCA, TECS, CAL, ECO and 8 more, 20 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of ALECOSTS spell the words below.