201 words come out when you unscramble CLOCKWISE, starting with CLOCKWISE itself: 20 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CLOCKWISE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 12 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 18 with 2.
COWLICKS is the only one of the 8-letter words in CLOCKWISE; it scores 19 points.
COWKS, WICKS and WOCKS share the top score of 14 among the 5-letter words from CLOCKWISE. CLICK, CLOSE and CISCO are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in CLOCKWISE, COWK, WICK and WOCK tie for first at 13 points. LIKE, SLOW and LOCK are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with CLOCKWISE letters are led by EWK, KOW and WOK, 10 points each. LOW, OIL and ICE are the familiar ones.
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COWLICKS (19 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CLOCKWISE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOCKWISE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 201) | 151 | 201 | 127 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
50 of the 201 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLECKS, COWKS, WOCKS, CLECK, COWK, WOCK, CLEIKS, CLOKES, WELKS, CLEIK, CLOKE, EWKS and 38 more. 24 of the 201 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COWLIKE, COCKIES, LEWKS, LEWK, ICKS, KOIS, LOCIES, OIKS, OWIES, SKOL, SWILE, SWOLE and 12 more.