221 words come out when you unscramble CARNOSE, starting with CARNOSE itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 5 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: CANOERS, COARSEN, CORNEAS, EARCONS and NARCOSE. The best shorter words score 8: 22 of them, OCEANS, COARSE and CRANES included. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of CARNOSE in one turn: 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50), 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CARNOSE by length: 6 with 7 letters, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 17 with 2.
22 of 25 6-letter words made with CARNOSE letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. REASON, OCEANS and COARSE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CARNOSE; 48 of them share the top score of 7. SCORE, OCEAN and ACRES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from CARNOSE, the top score is 6, reached by 39. CASE, CARE and ONCE are the familiar ones.
Of the 53 3-letter words from CARNOSE, 15 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, CAN and ONE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CARNOSE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with CA · ending in SE · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CANOERS, COARSEN, CORNEAS and NARCOSE (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: CARNOSE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARNOSE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 221) | 182 | 221 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
39 of the 221 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CARNOSE, EARCONS, CARONS, CRENAS, EARCON, ONCERS, ACERS, ARCOS, CARON, CRANS, CRENA, CRONS and 27 more. 20 of the 221 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CANOERS, CANOER, OCREAS, ROSACE, ACROS, ASCON, OSCAR, SCRAN, ACRO, CORS, ECOS, SOCA and 8 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of CARNOSE and one more.