Unscramble CHORRIES and you have 225 words, CHORRIES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 12 points, HEROICS, CHIRRES and CHORRIE among them. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CHORRIES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 10 with 7, 30 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 18 with 2.
15 of 30 6-letter words made with CHORRIES letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. HEROIC, RICHER and RICHES will look familiar.
Of the 55 5-letter words from CHORRIES, 11 score 10 points, the group's best. SCORE, HORSE and SHORE are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CHORRIES tie at 9 points; none scores more. CORE, ROSE and RICH will look familiar.
Of the 51 3-letter words from CHORRIES, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. ICE, SEC and SIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CHORRIES but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CHIRRES, COHEIRS and HEROICS (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CHORRIES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHORRIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 173 | 225 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: CHORRIES, CHORRIE, OCHRIER, ROCHES, ICHES, CHER, ROCH, SECH, SHORER, SICH, CERRIS, CHE and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: OCHES, HORSIE, OCHE, HOSER, OCH, ROSHI, SHERO, CORS, ECOS, HOS, SHO, SOH and 3 more.
These 5 words take every letter of CHORRIES plus a single extra one.