268 words come out when you unscramble CORTICOLOUS, starting with CORTICOLOUS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CORTICOLOUS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 3 with 9, 5 with 8, 19 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with CORTICOLOUS letters: COLICROOTS, for 14 points.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CORTICOLOUS, OCCULTS, ROCOCOS and SIROCCO tie for first at 11 points. COLOURS is an everyday pick.
11 of 44 6-letter words from CORTICOLOUS tie at 10 points; none scores more. COLOUR, COLORS and COURTS will look familiar.
60 5-letter words in CORTICOLOUS; 8 of them share the top score of 9. COURT, COLOR and CISCO are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with CORTICOLOUS letters are led by COCO and CROC, 8 points each. LIST, COST and LOST are the familiar ones.
Of the 57 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CORTICOLOUS, 18 score 5 points, the group's best. OUT, ITS and TOO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CORTICOLOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in US · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OCCULTS, ROCOCOS and SIROCCO (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CORTICOLOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORTICOLOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 268) | 191 | 268 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
77 of the 268 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CORTICOLOUS, COLOSTRIC, OCCLUSOR, SCIROC, SUCCOT, COOLIST, CORIOUS, COUTILS, OCTUORS, SCIOLTO, SUCCI, COUTIL and 65 more. 20 of the 268 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COLOURIST, CIRCS, TORICS, CLITS, CRITS, LOCIS, TOCOS, CLIT, CORS, CRIT, LOCS, OUTROS and 8 more.