Unscramble COASTGUARD and you have 278 words, COASTGUARD itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. DOGCARTS and SUGARCOAT are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from COASTGUARD split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 18 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with COASTGUARD letters: SUGARCOAT, for 12 points.
Among 52 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COASTGUARD, the top score is 9, reached by 8. COURTS, ACTORS and GUARDS are the familiar ones.
27 of 60 5-letter words in COASTGUARD tie at 8 points; none scores more. COURT, CARDS and COAST will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with COASTGUARD letters, the top score is 7, reached by 23. CARD, COST and CART are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COASTGUARD tie at 6 points; none scores more. CAR, GOT and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of COASTGUARD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in RD · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DOGCARTS (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COASTGUARD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COASTGUARD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 278) | 205 | 276 | 186 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACATOURS, AUTOCARS, ACATOUR, AUTOCAR, CAGOTS, GARUDAS, AGOUTAS, CAGOT, CARTAS, CAUDA, COURD, COUTAS and 59 more, 71 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CRUDOS, CUATROS, CRUDO, CUATRO, DURAGS, GUACS, ACROS, DURAG, GARDA, GUAC, TARGAS, ACRO and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: DAGOS and DAGO, 2 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of COASTGUARD plus a single extra one.