Unscramble CODENAMES and you have 290 words, CODENAMES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CODENAMES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 21 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words made with CODENAMES letters, CAMEOED and MENACED tie for first at 12 points. ENCODES, DEACONS and DAEMONS are everyday picks.
COMADE tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CODENAMES at 11 points; next come ANCOME and CAMEOS on 10. SECOND, DAEMON and OCEANS will look familiar.
MACED scores highest among the 5-letter words from CODENAMES at 10 points, ahead of ACMES and CAMEO on 9. COMES, DANCE and CODES are the ones most people know.
11 of 60 4-letter words from CODENAMES tie at 8 points; none scores more. MADE, CODE and CASE will look familiar.
The 3-letter words in CODENAMES are led by CAM, MAC and MOC, 7 points each. CAN, END and MAN are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of CODENAMES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; CAMEOED and MENACED (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: CODENAMES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CODENAMES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 235 | 290 | 216 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
55 of the 290 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CODENAMES, CODENAME, ANCOMES, CASEMEN, EMACSEN, AMENDES, ANCOME, CAMESE, COSMEA, MODENAS, NOMADES, AMENDE and 43 more. 19 of the 290 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DAEMONES, CAMOS, DECANS, CAMO, DECAN, ASCON, MEDS, ECOS, ECO, EMO, MES, OMA and 7 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of CODENAMES and one more.