Unscramble COMPOTES and you have 196 words, COMPOTES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 13, among them COMPOSE, COMPOST and COMPOTE. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from COMPOTES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 10 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 16 with 2.
COMPO, COMPS and COMPT are the top 5-letter words from COMPOTES, 11 points each. COMES, SCOPE and POEMS will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPOTES is COMP, 10 points; CEPS and COME on 8 follow. SOME, MOST and POST are everyday picks.
6 of 48 3-letter words made with COMPOTES letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. TOP, SET and TOO will look familiar.
Keep every letter of COMPOTES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
COMPOTES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COMPOTES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMPOTES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 156 | 196 | 135 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: COMPOTS, COMPOT, COOMS, EMPTS, MOOPS, SPOOM, COMS, COOM, EMPT, MOOP, STOOPE, COOST and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: COSMO, POMOS, SPECT, POMO, TOCOS, ECOS, EMOS, POOS, ECO, EMO, MES, POO and 9 more.
These 4 words take every letter of COMPOTES plus a single extra one.