242 words come out when you unscramble COGNATES, starting with COGNATES itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. COGNATES has 1 anagram here, COAGENTS, scoring 11 like COGNATES itself. The strongest shorter words are COGNATE, COAGENT and CONGEST, 10 points each. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for soganect, stancego or contages? They use the same letters as COGNATES, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from COGNATES by length: 2 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
6 of 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COGNATES tie at 9 points; none scores more. AGENTS, OCEANS and STANCE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from COGNATES, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. AGENT, COAST and OCEAN are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in COGNATES; 6 of them share the top score of 7. CASE, COST and ONCE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with COGNATES letters are led by CAG and COG, 6 points each. NOT, CAN and GET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of COGNATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
COGNATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COGNATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COGNATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 190 | 242 | 172 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
52 of the 242 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAGOTS, COSTEAN, ACTONS, CAGOT, CANGS, COATES, ACTON, ATOCS, CAGS, CANG, COATE, COSTE and 40 more. 18 of the 242 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CENTAS, TANGOES, ASCON, ONCET, ECOS, GEANS, SOCA, TECS, ECO, GEAN, SOC, TEC and 6 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of COGNATES and one more.