Unscramble COLLEAGUE and you have 130 words, COLLEAGUE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 10 points, COLLEGE, COLLAGE and CAGOULE among them. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from COLLEAGUE split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 9 with 6, 12 with 5, 48 with 4, 43 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 48 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COLLEAGUE, the top score is 7, reached by 5. CALL, CELL and GOAL are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COLLEAGUE, CAG and COG tie for first at 6 points. ALL, AGE and LOG are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of COLLEAGUE for another and you can spell this word:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CAGOULE, COLLAGE, COLLEGE and ECLOGUE (10 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COLLEAGUE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEAGUE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 102 | 130 | 94 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: CAGOUL, COGUE, LEUCO, ALCO, CAG, CLOU, COLL, ELOGE, EUGE, GEAL, GOEL, GOLE and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: CAGOULE, CALLEE, CLEG, GUAC, AGLU, CAL, ECO and LOC.
These 2 words take every letter of COLLEAGUE plus a single extra one.