Unscramble CHROMISE and you have 265 words, CHROMISE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 15 points: MORICHES. 10 shorter words score 14, among them HOMERIC, CHIMERS and CHORISM. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from CHROMISE by length: 2 with 8 letters, 14 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Among 45 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CHROMISE, the top score is 13, reached by 13. CRIMES, CHROME and HEROIC are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 5-letter words from CHROMISE tie at 12 points; none scores more. HOMES, COMES and HORSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from CHROMISE, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. HOME, COME and RICH are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in CHROMISE; 13 of them share the top score of 8. ICE, SEC and RIM are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CHROMISE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CH · ending in SE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CHIMERS, CHRISOM, CHROMES, CHROMIS, ECHOISM and HOMERIC (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CHROMISE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHROMISE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 265) | 203 | 264 | 161 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
61 of the 265 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHROMISE, MORICHES, CHORISM, MICHERS, MOCHIER, MORICHE, HORMIC, MICHER, MOCHIE, CHIMO, MISCH, MOCHS and 49 more. 42 of the 265 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CHROMIS, HOMERIC, MOCHIS, CHEMS, MECHS, MERCH, MOCHI, MOREISH, CHEM, HOMIES, MECH, MORISH and 30 more. 1 of the 265 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
These 12 words take every letter of CHROMISE plus a single extra one.