Unscramble CANOROUS and you have 170 words, CANOROUS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CORONAS, NACROUS and RACOONS, 9 points each. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CANOROUS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 38 with 5, 56 with 4, 47 with 3 and 15 with 2.
38 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CANOROUS; 30 of them share the top score of 7. ACORN, SONAR and ARSON are everyday picks.
Among 56 4-letter words from CANOROUS, the top score is 6, reached by 28. CARS, SOON and RUNS are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of CANOROUS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in US · all 8-letter words
CANOROUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CANOROUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANOROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 129 | 170 | 113 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NACROUS, CARONS, ARCOS, CARON, CORNO, CORSO, COURS, CRANS, CRONS, ONCUS, COUR, CRAN and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ACROS, ASCON, OSCAR, SCRAN, ACRO, CORS, SOCA, CRU, SOC, AROS, ONOS, ROOS and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CANOROUS and one more.