209 words come out when you unscramble COLOSTROUS, starting with COLOSTROUS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from COLOSTROUS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 9 letters.
OUTCROSS is the only one of the 8-letter words in COLOSTROUS; it scores 10 points.
18 of 31 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COLOSTROUS tie at 8 points; none scores more. COLOUR, COLORS and COURTS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from COLOSTROUS, the top score is 7, reached by 35. COURT, COLOR and COSTS are the familiar ones.
32 of 60 4-letter words in COLOSTROUS tie at 6 points; none scores more. COST, LOSS and LOST will look familiar.
Of the 40 3-letter words made with COLOSTROUS letters, 14 score 5 points, the group's best. OUT, TOO and LOT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of COLOSTROUS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OUTCROSS (10 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts COLOSTROUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLOSTROUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 209) | 156 | 209 | 142 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COLOSTROUS, OCTUORS, SCRUTOS, CORSOS, COSTUS, CROOLS, CROUTS, OCTUOR, SCRUTO, CLOUS, COOST, CORSO and 41 more, 53 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TOCOS, CORS, LOCS, OUTROS, TOCO, CRU, LOC, OUTRO, SOC, LOTO, ROOS, LOR and 2 more, 14 in all.