Unscramble COTTUSES to get 148 words. COTTUSES itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
C34O1T1T1U12S1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from COTTUSES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 23 with 6, 34 with 5, 46 with 4, 30 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Among 23 6-letter words made with COTTUSES letters, the top score is 8, reached by 17. SCOUTS, OUTSET and OCTETS are the familiar ones.
34 5-letter words from COTTUSES; 21 of them share the top score of 7. COSTS, TESTS and SCOUT are everyday picks.
Among 46 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COTTUSES, the top score is 6, reached by 21. COST, TEST and USES are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of COTTUSES 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 CESTOS, CESTUS, COSETS, COSSET, CUSTOS, CUTEST, ESCOTS and OCTETS (8 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts COTTUSES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTTUSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 148) | 119 | 148 | 104 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 29 of them: COTTUSES, CUTTOES, COSTES, COSTUS, COTTUS, CUTTOE, ESTOCS, SOUCES, COSTE, COTTS, CUTTO, ESTOC and 17 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: SOCES, ECOS, TECS, ECO, SOC, STOTS, TEC, ESTS, STOT, UTES, EST, SUS and 3 more.
These 2 words take every letter of COTTUSES plus a single extra one.