Unscramble CLOTBURS and you have 190 words, CLOTBURS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CLOTBURS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 13 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 12 with 2.
6 of 52 5-letter words from CLOTBURS tie at 9 points; none scores more. COURT, TOURS and CLUBS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CLOTBURS, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. COST, CLUB and LOST are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with CLOTBURS letters are led by COB and CUB, 7 points each. BUT, OUT and LOT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CLOTBURS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CL · ending in RS · all 8-letter words
What CLOTBURS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CLOTBURS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOTBURS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 153 | 190 | 140 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COURBS, COURB, CROUTS, SCRUTO, BRUST, CLOUS, COURS, CROST, CROUT, LOBUS, SOUCT, BORS and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CLOTBURS, CLOTBUR, SCROB, BOULTS, BOULT, BRUTS, TSUBO, CORS, LOCS, CRU, LOC, SOC and 1 more, 13 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of CLOTBURS spell the words below.