Unscramble COSTUSES and you have 127 words, COSTUSES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. COSSETS and SCOUSES are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from COSTUSES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 22 with 6, 26 with 5, 38 with 4, 27 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Of the 26 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COSTUSES, 18 score 7 points, the group's best. COSTS, SCOUT and SECTS are the ones most people know.
38 4-letter words from COSTUSES; 20 of them share the top score of 6. COST, USES and SETS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of COSTUSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COSSETS and SCOUSES (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts COSTUSES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COSTUSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 127) | 101 | 127 | 86 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: COSTUSES, COSSES, COSTES, COSTUS, ESTOCS, SCUSES, SOUCES, COSTE, ESTOC, SCUSE, SOUCE, SOUCT and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: SOCES, ECOS, TECS, TUSSES, ECO, SOC, SUSES, TEC, ESTS, UTES, EST, SUS and 3 more.
With one more tile, the letters of COSTUSES spell the words below.