Unscramble COLLECTS and you have 111 words, COLLECTS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is COLLECT, 11 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34O1L12L12E1C34T1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from COLLECTS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 26 with 5, 39 with 4, 27 with 3 and 10 with 2.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COLLECTS are led by COSEC and SECCO, 9 points each. CLOSE, CELLS and TELLS are the familiar ones.
ECCO tops the 4-letter words from COLLECTS at 8 points; next come CELL and CELS on 6. COST, SELL and TELL will look familiar.
Keep every letter of COLLECTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CO · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
COLLECTS 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 COLLECTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLECTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 111) | 91 | 111 | 79 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLOTES, ECCO, CLOTE, COLLS, COSTE, ESTOC, COLL, COSE, SECO, TOCS, TOLSEL, LOTES and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TELCOS, TELCO, ECOS, LOCS, TECS, ECO, LOC, SOC, TEC, EST, TES and TE, 12 in all.