249 words come out when you unscramble COGNITIONS, starting with COGNITIONS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. COGNITIONS has 1 anagram here, INCOGNITOS, scoring 13 like COGNITIONS itself. COGNITION, INCOGNITO and COOSINING are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from COGNITIONS split into 2 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 10 with 8, 16 with 7, 43 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 16 with 2.
2 10-letter words made with COGNITIONS letters use every letter: COGNITIONS and its 1 anagram INCOGNITOS, all with 13 points.
14 of 43 6-letter words made with COGNITIONS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. NOTION, NOTING and CITING will look familiar.
Of the 47 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COGNITIONS, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. COINS, ICONS and SONIC are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from COGNITIONS, CIGS, COGS and SCOG tie for first at 7 points. SIGN, COST and SONG are everyday picks.
CIG and COG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in COGNITIONS. NOT, ITS and TOO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of COGNITIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ISOGONIC, NOTICING and SCOOTING (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COGNITIONS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COGNITIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 185 | 249 | 168 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 64 of them: COOSINING, COININGS, COTISING, COOINGS, SCONTION, COSING, TICING, COOSIN, OINTING, ONCOST, SCOOG, TONINGS and 52 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: TIGNONS, CIGS, TIGNON, TOCOS, CIG, INIONS, TOCO, NONIS, SOC, GIS, GOS, NONI and 5 more.