Unscramble COLOURWAYS and you have 240 words, COLOURWAYS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from COLOURWAYS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with COLOURWAYS letters: COLORWAY, for 16 points.
CRAWLY tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COLOURWAYS at 14 points; next come CALORY and COLORY on 11. COLOUR, COLORS and ROYALS will look familiar.
COWRY scores highest among the 5-letter words from COLOURWAYS at 13 points, ahead of LOWRY and RAWLY on 11. ROYAL, CAROL and SCARY are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in COLOURWAYS is COWY, 12 points; AWRY and OWLY on 10 follow. WAYS, LAWS and SLOW are everyday picks.
5 of 60 3-letter words made with COLOURWAYS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. WAS, WAY and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of COLOURWAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in YS · all 10-letter words
What COLOURWAYS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COLOURWAYS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLOURWAYS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 190 | 239 | 167 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COLOURY, CORYLUS, COLORY, COWALS, LOWRY, SCAURY, SCROWL, SWALY, SWAYL, YARCOS, CLOWS, COWAL and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COLOURWAYS, COLORWAYS, COLOURWAY, COLORWAY, COYAUS, LYCRAS, CORYS, COYAU, LYCRA, ORACY, OWLY, RUCOLAS and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: COOLY.