Unscramble CAULIGENOUS to get 360 words. CAULIGENOUS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CAULIGENOUS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 24 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2. None has 10 letters.
24 8-letter words in CAULIGENOUS; 11 of them share the top score of 11. GASOLINE is an everyday pick.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CAULIGENOUS, the top score is 10, reached by 36. CLOSING, COUNSEL and CAUSING are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words from CAULIGENOUS; 36 of them share the top score of 9. CASINO, GLANCE and CLAUSE are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CAULIGENOUS, the top score is 8, reached by 22. CLOSE, CAUSE and CLEAN are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 4-letter words from CAULIGENOUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. CASE, ICON and COAL will look familiar.
CAG, CIG and COG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in CAULIGENOUS. CAN, AGE and LOG are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CAULIGENOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with CAGOULES, COINAGES, CONGEALS, ECLOSING, GLAUCOUS, SCUNGILE and SOLACING (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CAULIGENOUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAULIGENOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 360) | 282 | 359 | 252 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAULIGENOUS, CONSULAGE, CALIGOES, GLUCINAS, LONGCASE, LUCIGENS, AESCULIN, AGNOSIC, ALGESIC, ANGICOS, CAGOULS, CALIGOS and 66 more, 78 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAGOULES, ECLOSING, SCUNGILE, CAGOULE, EUSOCIAL, ALNICOS, LEUCONS, LOCING, CLEGS, GUACS, ASCON, CALOS and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: ALNICOES.