Unscramble COLOSSEUM and you have 232 words, COLOSSEUM itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
C34O1L12O1S1S1E1U12M34
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from COLOSSEUM by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 37 6-letter words made with COLOSSEUM letters, the top score is 10, reached by 8. MUSCLE, CLOSES and COSMOS are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 5-letter words from COLOSSEUM tie at 9 points; none scores more. CLOSE, COMES and MOUSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COLOSSEUM, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. SOME, COME and COOL are the ones most people know.
CUM and MOC are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COLOSSEUM, 7 points each. USE, SEC and SUM will look familiar.
Keep every letter of COLOSSEUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in UM · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COELOMS and MUSCLES (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COLOSSEUM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLOSSEUM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 173 | 232 | 153 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COMUSES, MUSCOSE, CLEMS, COMUS, COOMS, MOUSLES, CLEM, COMS, COOM, MOUSLE, MULSES, SLOOMS and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COSMO, CUMS, SLOMOS, MUSOS, SLOMO, SOCES, ECOS, EMOS, LOCS, MUSO, SOLOES, SOMS and 8 more, 20 in all.
This word takes every letter of COLOSSEUM plus a single extra one.