Unscramble CHRONOLOGY and you have 141 words, CHRONOLOGY itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. CHOROLOGY is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
C34H43R1O1N12O1L12O1G23Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CHRONOLOGY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 30 with 5, 43 with 4, 42 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in CHRONOLOGY: CHOROLOGY, for 18 points.
LYNCH and OCHRY share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words in CHRONOLOGY. COLOR, HONOR and GLORY are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words made with CHRONOLOGY letters is LYCH, 12 points; YOGH on 11 and CHOG on 10 follow. ONLY, LONG and LOGO are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CHRONOLOGY are led by HOY and RHY, 9 points each. LOG, CON and CRY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CHRONOLOGY but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HOROLOGY (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CHRONOLOGY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRONOLOGY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 107 | 138 | 91 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 34 of them: CHOROLOGY, COHORN, COLORY, NOOLOGY, CHOG, CHOON, GROOLY, GOORY, RHY, ROCH, CLY, HOC and 22 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: CHYRON, LYCH, CROONY, GONCH, GOOLY, GYNO, OCH, HOLO, HOO, LOGON, LOC, ORLON and 4 more. Scrabble UK skips 3 of them: CHOLO, COOLY and GOY.