Unscramble CLOTHESLINE and you have 374 words, CLOTHESLINE itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. CHENILLES, ENCLOTHES and LICHENOSE are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CLOTHESLINE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 9 with 9, 34 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 10 letters.
13 of 34 8-letter words in CLOTHESLINE tie at 13 points; none scores more. ELECTION and CHENILLE will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from CLOTHESLINE, 35 score 12 points, the group's best. CLOTHES, HOSTILE and ECHELON are the ones most people know.
45 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CLOTHESLINE tie at 11 points; none scores more. HOTELS, INCHES and CHOSEN will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from CLOTHESLINE; 37 of them share the top score of 10. HELLO, HILLS and HENCE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in CLOTHESLINE, the top score is 9, reached by 22. TECH, HILL and HOST are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 3-letter words made with CLOTHESLINE letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. HOT, HIT and ICE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CLOTHESLINE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CL · ending in NE · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHENILLES (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CLOTHESLINE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOTHESLINE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 374) | 282 | 374 | 250 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 92 of them: ENCLOTHES, CHELONES, ECHOIEST, ENCLOTHE, LINCHETS, NOTCHELS, TINCHELS, CHELONE, CHENETS, CHINESE, ECHOISE, ECHOIST and 80 more. Words With Friends* skips 32 of them: LICHENOSE, COHESIN, TECHNOS, CHINSE, CHOILS, CHOLIS, LOCHES, TECHNO, CHOIL, CHOLI, CHONS, LITHOES and 20 more.
With one more tile, the letters of CLOTHESLINE spell the words below.