177 words come out when you unscramble CALICOES, starting with CALICOES itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of CALICOES is on the page: COELIACS, each 12 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CALICOES by length: 2 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 15 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 35 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CALICOES, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. CLOSE, SCALE and CISCO are the ones most people know.
CECA, COCA and ECCO are the top 4-letter words from CALICOES, 8 points each. ALSO, CASE and SALE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CALICOES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What CALICOES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CALICOES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALICOES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 145 | 177 | 130 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 32 of them: ACCOILS, ACCOIL, CECILS, OCCIES, SACCOI, CASCO, COALISE, ECCO, SCOLIA, ALCOS, CIELS, CLAES and 20 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: COELIACS, LOCIES, CALOS, LOCIE, LOCIS, CALS, ECOS, LOCS, SOCA, CAL, ECO, LOC and 3 more.