Unscramble COLUMNALS and you have 237 words, COLUMNALS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 13 points: MOLLUSCAN. It has 9 letters, 3 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 COLUMNALS split into 2 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 28 6-letter words from COLUMNALS, the top score is 10, reached by 9. COLUMN, SALMON and LOCALS are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from COLUMNALS; 14 of them share the top score of 9. LOCAL, SMALL and CALLS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in COLUMNALS, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. CALL, MALL and COAL are the ones most people know.
59 3-letter words made with COLUMNALS letters; 4 of them share the top score of 7. ALL, CAN and MAN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of COLUMNALS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COLUMNAL and MOLLUSCA (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: COLUMNALS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLUMNALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 184 | 237 | 163 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COLUMNALS, CLOAMS, LACMUS, MANCUS, CAMUS, CAUMS, CLOAM, COMUS, MONAULS, ALMOUS, CAUM, COMS and 41 more, 53 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MOLLUSCA, CAMOS, CAMO, CUMS, LOUMAS, ASCON, CALOS, LOUMA, LUMAS, CALS, LOCS, LUMA and 9 more, 21 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of COLUMNALS spell the words below.