Unscramble COALDUST and you have 219 words, COALDUST itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from COALDUST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COALDUST, 18 score 8 points, the group's best. ADULT, COAST and COSTA are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from COALDUST, the top score is 7, reached by 13. COST, COLD and CAST are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words in COALDUST; 4 of them share the top score of 6. OUT, OLD and ACT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of COALDUST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COULDST (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: COALDUST is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COALDUST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 219) | 177 | 219 | 159 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: COALDUST, CLAUTS, COUTAS, DOCUS, DOUCS, OCTALS, SCAUD, SCUTAL, ALCOS, ATOCS, CLATS, CLAUT and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: COULDA, CALOS, DOULAS, CALS, DOULA, DOUTS, LOCS, SOCA, CAL, DOSA, DOUT, LOC and 6 more.
These 3 words take every letter of COALDUST plus a single extra one.