142 words come out when you unscramble CALLOUSLY, starting with CALLOUSLY itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. LOCALLY and CULLAYS are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CALLOUSLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 37 with 5, 45 with 4, 33 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
10 of 37 5-letter words from CALLOUSLY tie at 10 points; none scores more. LOCAL, CALLS and SALLY will look familiar.
45 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CALLOUSLY; 9 of them share the top score of 9. ALSO, CALL and SOUL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CALLOUSLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
What CALLOUSLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CALLOUSLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALLOUSLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 116 | 142 | 105 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: SCALLY, ALLYOU, CLY, LYSOL, ALCOS, AYUS, CLOUS, COLLS, LOYS, ALCO, AYU, CLOU and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: COYAUS, COYAU, CALOS, YOUS, CALS, LOCS, SOCA, YAS, CAL, LOC and SOC.