Unscramble CAUSEWAYS and you have 143 words, CAUSEWAYS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CAUSEWAYS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 24 with 5, 48 with 4, 46 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in CAUSEWAYS: CAUSEWAY, for 16 points.
8 of 48 4-letter words from CAUSEWAYS tie at 10 points; none scores more. CASE, EASY and AWAY will look familiar.
Of the 46 3-letter words in CAUSEWAYS, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. WAS, USE and WAY are the ones most people know.
CAUSEWAYS 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 CAUSEWAYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAUSEWAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 143) | 101 | 143 | 97 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
42 of the 143 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AWAYES, ASWAY, AWAYS, SWEYS, SCAWS, SCYES, SWEY, WAACS, WEYS, SCAW, SCYE, SWY and 30 more. 4 of the 143 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EYASS, YAS, EW and SUS.