241 words come out when you unscramble CLOSEOUTS, starting with CLOSEOUTS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. CLOSEOUT is the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CLOSEOUTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 14 with 2.
27 of 45 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CLOSEOUTS tie at 8 points; none scores more. CLOSES, CLOSET and SCOUTS will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from CLOSEOUTS; 42 of them share the top score of 7. CLOSE, COSTS and LOOSE are everyday picks.
37 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CLOSEOUTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. COST, LESS and LOSS will look familiar.
Of the 47 3-letter words from CLOSEOUTS, 14 score 5 points, the group's best. OUT, USE and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CLOSEOUTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CL · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What CLOSEOUTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CLOSEOUTS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOSEOUTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 197 | 241 | 177 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLOTES, COSTES, COSTUS, ESTOCS, SOUCES, CLOTE, CLOUS, COOST, COSTE, ESTOC, LEUCO, SCULS and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TELCOS, SOCES, TELCO, TOCOS, ECOS, LOCS, SOLOES, TECS, TOCO, ECO, LOC, SOC and 8 more, 20 in all.