450 words come out when you unscramble COUNTERCLAIM, starting with COUNTERCLAIM itself: 18 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is MACRONUCLEI, 17 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from COUNTERCLAIM by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 5 with 10, 39 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 43 with 2.
MACRONUCLEI tops the 11-letter words in COUNTERCLAIM at 17 points; next comes CORNICULATE on 15.
Among the 10-letter words made with COUNTERCLAIM letters, INCULCATOR, NOCTILUCAE and UNMETRICAL tie for first at 14 points. TOURMALINE is an everyday pick.
Of the 39 9-letter words from COUNTERCLAIM, 24 score 13 points, the group's best. NUMERICAL, EMULATION and CIRCULATE are the ones most people know.
CANTICUM and COUMARIC are the top 8-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERCLAIM, 14 points each. ROMANTIC, CLARINET and CORTICAL will look familiar.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERCLAIM, the top score is 13, reached by 11. ACCOUNT, COUNCIL and CLIMATE are the familiar ones.
CAECUM and COMICE share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words from COUNTERCLAIM. CANCER, COLUMN and CIRCLE are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 5-letter words in COUNTERCLAIM tie at 11 points; none scores more. CRIME, CLAIM and CREAM will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with COUNTERCLAIM letters, the top score is 8, reached by 26. CARE, COME and CART are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERCLAIM, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. CAN, CAR and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of COUNTERCLAIM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in IM · all 12-letter words
The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COUMARIC and INCULCATOR (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. COUNTERCLAIM is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTERCLAIM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 450) | 354 | 450 | 314 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANTICUM, NOCTILUCAE, UNMETRICAL, ARCMINUTE, AUTOCRIME, CACUMEN, CELOMIC, CICLATOUN, CLIMATURE, COALMINER, CORNICULA, COTICULAR and 84 more, 96 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CORNICULATE, CENTAURIC, CENTRICAL, MONTICULE, MULTICORE, NOCTILUCA, CLEARCUT, COCURATE, COLUMNEA, LEUCOTIC, ALEURONIC, AUTOCRINE and 28 more, 40 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of COUNTERCLAIM spell the words below.