COTLESS is not a word, but unscramble COTLESS and 126 words appear: the best are CLOSEST and CLOSETS at 9 points each. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants.
C34O1T1L12E1S1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from COTLESS by length: 2 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 29 with 5, 45 with 4, 28 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Of the 29 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COTLESS, 18 score 7 points, the group's best. CLOSE, COSTS and SLOTS are the ones most people know.
45 4-letter words from COTLESS; 21 of them share the top score of 6. COST, LESS and LOSS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of COTLESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with CL · ending in ST · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CLOSEST and CLOSETS (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
None of the three games accepts COTLESS itself. Its letters still make 126 playable words, split by game below.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTLESS itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 126) | 106 | 126 | 92 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 20 of them: CLOTES, COSTES, ESTOCS, CLOTE, COSTE, ESTOC, COSE, SECO, SOCS, TOCS, LESTS, LOTES and 8 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: TELCOS, SOCES, TELCO, ECOS, LOCS, TECS, ECO, LOC, SOC, TEC, ESTS, EST and 2 more.
These 11 words take every letter of COTLESS plus a single extra one.