Unscramble CHLOROUS and you have 143 words, CHLOROUS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, OCHROUS leads with 12 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CHLOROUS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 28 with 5, 54 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2.
8 of 28 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHLOROUS tie at 10 points; none scores more. HOURS, COLOR and CRUSH will look familiar.
54 4-letter words from CHLOROUS; 9 of them share the top score of 9. SUCH, HOUR and COOL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CHLOROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CH · ending in US · all 8-letter words
The meaning of CHLOROUS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CHLOROUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHLOROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 143) | 103 | 141 | 88 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
40 of the 143 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHOU, CHUR, CUSH, ROCH, CROOLS, HOC, HOORS, SOHUR, CH, CLOUS, CORSO, COURS and 28 more. 15 of the 143 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HOLOS, OCH, HOLO, CORS, HOO, HOS, LOCS, SHO, SOH, CRU, LOC, SOC and 3 more. 2 of the 143 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: CHOLOS and CHOLO.