251 words come out when you unscramble COMMENSAL, starting with COMMENSAL itself: 15 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. COMMAS and MAMELONS are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from COMMENSAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
MAMELONS is the only one of the 8-letter words made with COMMENSAL letters; it scores 12 points.
COMMAS tops the 6-letter words from COMMENSAL at 12 points; next come AMMONS and ANCOME on 10. SALMON, OCEANS and CLONES will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COMMENSAL, COMMA and COMMS tie for first at 11 points. CLOSE, COMES and CLEAN are everyday picks.
COMM tops the 4-letter words in COMMENSAL at 10 points; next come ACME and AMMO on 8. CASE, COME and CAME will look familiar.
60 3-letter words made with COMMENSAL letters; 6 of them share the top score of 7. CAN, MAN and MEN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of COMMENSAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; COMMAS (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COMMENSAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMENSAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 196 | 251 | 176 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MAMELONS, ANCOMES, COALMEN, ENCALMS, MAMELON, AMMONS, ANCOME, CLAMES, CLOAMS, COSMEA, ENCALM, MASCLE and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COMMS, COMM, CAMOS, SECONAL, CAMO, MAMS, ASCON, CALOS, MAM, CALS, ECOS, EMOS and 8 more, 20 in all.
This word takes every letter of COMMENSAL plus a single extra one.