251 words come out when you unscramble CHANCROUS, starting with CHANCROUS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 14: 6 of them, CACHOUS, CONCHAS and CRAUNCH included. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CHANCROUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 14 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
35 6-letter words in CHANCROUS; 10 of them share the top score of 13. OCCURS, ANCHOR and CHORUS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHANCROUS, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. HOURS, OCCUR and COACH are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from CHANCROUS, CHOC and COCH tie for first at 11 points. SUCH, CARS and CASH are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with CHANCROUS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 4. CAN, HAS and CAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CHANCROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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CHANCROUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CHANCROUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANCROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 192 | 251 | 168 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
59 of the 251 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCRANCH, SCRAUCH, CHACOS, CHACO, RHONCUS, COCH, SANCHO, NAUCH, OSHAC, RUNCH, CASCO, CHAS and 47 more. 24 of the 251 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CONCHAS, CAHOUNS, CHOCS, ANCHOS, CAHOUN, CHOC, ANCHO, CHONS, OCH, SHURA, ACROS, ASCON and 12 more.