217 words come out when you unscramble COLOURABLY, starting with COLOURABLY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34O1L12O1U12R1A1B34L12Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from COLOURABLY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 19 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
COLORABLY is the only one of the 9-letter words made with COLOURABLY letters; it scores 16 points.
CARBOY scores highest among the 6-letter words from COLOURABLY at 13 points, ahead of BROLLY and CALORY on 11. COLOUR, LABOUR and COLLAR are the ones most people know.
CARBY, COLBY and CORBY are the top 5-letter words in COLOURABLY, 12 points each. LOCAL, COLOR and ROYAL will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with COLOURABLY letters, the top score is 9, reached by 18. CALL, CLUB and COOL are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COLOURABLY tie at 8 points; none scores more. ALL, BUY and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of COLOURABLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COLORABLY (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts COLOURABLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLOURABLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 169 | 216 | 155 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
48 of the 217 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COLOURABLY, BULLARY, CARBY, COLOURY, OBOLARY, COLORY, BOOAY, BOYAU, COLLAB, YARCO, ALLYOU, BLAY and 36 more. 14 of the 217 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COLBY, ROBOCALL, COYAU, LYCRA, ORACY, ALCOOL, RUCOLA, ACRO, RYU, CAL, CRU, LOC and 2 more. 1 of the 217 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: COOLY.