190 words come out when you unscramble COHOSTESS, starting with COHOSTESS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from COHOSTESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 23 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in COHOSTESS: SCOOSHES, for 13 points.
Among 23 6-letter words from COHOSTESS, the top score is 11, reached by 7. CHOOSE, SHOOTS and CHESTS are the familiar ones.
10 of 44 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COHOSTESS tie at 10 points; none scores more. COSTS, SHOES and SHOTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with COHOSTESS letters, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. COST, TECH and SETS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of COHOSTESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CHOOSES and COHOSTS (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COHOSTESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COHOSTESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 151 | 190 | 123 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: SCOOSHES, SCOOSH, COTHS, SECHS, COTH, SECH, CHE, COSSES, COSTES, ECH, ESTOCS, HOC and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: COHOES, COHOE, OCHES, TECHS, ECHT, HOSSES, OCHE, TECH, OCH, HOSS, SESH, SOCES and 16 more.