257 words come out when you unscramble CORTICOSE, starting with CORTICOSE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of CORTICOSE are on the page: CREOSOTIC and CROCOITES, each 13 points. The strongest shorter words are CORTICES and CROCOITE, 12 points each. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CORTICOSE by length: 3 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 17 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 44 6-letter words from CORTICOSE, 9 score 10 points, the group's best. SECTOR, SOCCER and EROTIC are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words in CORTICOSE, the top score is 9, reached by 11. SCORE, CISCO and CREST are the familiar ones.
COCO, CROC and ECCO are the top 4-letter words made with CORTICOSE letters, 8 points each. COST, REST and CORE will look familiar.
Among 53 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CORTICOSE, the top score is 5, reached by 17. ITS, SET and TOO are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CORTICOSE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CROCOITES (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CORTICOSE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORTICOSE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 191 | 256 | 165 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CEROCS, ESCROC, OCCIES, RECCOS, SCIROC, CEROC, COORIES, CORSITE, RECCO, TERCIOS, COORIE, COOSER and 53 more, 65 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CORTICOSE, CREOSOTIC, CIRCS, RECITS, TORICS, CERTS, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT, TOCOS, CERT, CORS and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of CORTICOSE spell the words below.