250 words come out when you unscramble COSTLIEST, starting with COSTLIEST itself: 11 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 10, among them SOLSTICE, SCOTTIES and COLETITS. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from COSTLIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 14 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 17 with 2.
24 of 42 6-letter words from COSTLIEST tie at 8 points; none scores more. TITLES, TOILET and CLOSES will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COSTLIEST, the top score is 7, reached by 40. SITES, CLOSE and COSTS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in COSTLIEST, 40 score 6 points, the group's best. LIST, COST and LESS are the ones most people know.
Among 51 3-letter words made with COSTLIEST letters, the top score is 5, reached by 15. ITS, SET and LET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of COSTLIEST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SCOTTIES, SOLECIST and SOLSTICE (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COSTLIEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COSTLIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 198 | 250 | 172 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: COLETITS, COTTISES, COLETIT, COTISES, COTTISE, OECISTS, CITESS, CLOTES, COSSIE, COSTES, COTISE, ESTOCS and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: LOESSIC, LOCIES, TELCOS, CLITS, ETICS, LOCIE, LOCIS, SOCES, TELCO, CLIT, ECOS, LITEST and 14 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of COSTLIEST and one more.