Unscramble CHITINOUS to get 241 words. CHITINOUS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 12 points, CUSHION, CHINOIS and CHITINS among them. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CHITINOUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 8 letters.
14 of 29 6-letter words made with CHITINOUS letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. COUNTS and COUSIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHITINOUS, 17 score 10 points, the group's best. SOUTH, COUNT and TOUCH are the ones most people know.
17 of 60 4-letter words from CHITINOUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SUCH, COST and THUS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with CHITINOUS letters, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. NOT, OUT and ITS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CHITINOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CH · ending in US · all 9-letter words
CHITINOUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CHITINOUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHITINOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 183 | 241 | 169 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: STICHOI, CHOUTS, NICHTS, NICISH, OUCHTS, SCHOUT, CHOUT, CHUTS, COTHS, NICHT, OUCHT, SICHT and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: CHINOIS, TUCHIS, CHONS, SITCH, HOISIN, CUNITS, OCH, CUNIT, HOS, SHO, SOH, NUTSO and 3 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: CUNTS.
Each word below uses all the letters of CHITINOUS and one more.