Unscramble CLAUGHTS and you have 192 words, CLAUGHTS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. CLAUGHT is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CLAUGHTS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 16 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Among 50 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CLAUGHTS, the top score is 11, reached by 4. LAUGH, CLASH and CHATS are the familiar ones.
CHUG and GACH are the top 4-letter words from CLAUGHTS, 10 points each. SUCH, CHAT and CASH will look familiar.
ACH and CHA share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words from CLAUGHTS. HAS, ACT and GAS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CLAUGHTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CL · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
CLAUGHTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CLAUGHTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAUGHTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 192) | 149 | 192 | 130 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
43 of the 192 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GALUTHS, LAUCHS, SLUTCH, CHALS, CHUTS, GALUTH, LAUCH, LUACH, SCATH, CHAL, CHAS, CHUT and 31 more. 19 of the 192 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GLUTCH, GATCH, GAUCH, CATHS, GACH, CATH, AUGH, GUACS, GUAC, LAHS, AGLUS, AHS and 7 more.