Unscramble COUNTERPACES to get 446 words. COUNTERPACES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. COUNTERPACE is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from COUNTERPACES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 5 with 10, 44 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words in COUNTERPACES: COUNTERPACE, 17 points.
Among the 10-letter words made with COUNTERPACES letters, CONCREATES, CONSECRATE and CRETACEOUS tie for first at 14 points.
Among 44 9-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERPACES, the top score is 15, reached by 10. OCCUPANTS and PROSECUTE are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 8-letter words from COUNTERPACES tie at 14 points; none scores more. ACCOUNTS, CONCRETE and CONCERTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words made with COUNTERPACES letters, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. ACCOUNT, PERCENT and CONCERT are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERPACES, ACCEPT leads with 12 points, then ACCENT and ACCOST on 10. CANCER, OCCURS and ESCAPE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from COUNTERPACES score 9 points. PEACE, OCCUR and SCOPE are the ones most people know.
29 of 60 4-letter words in COUNTERPACES tie at 8 points; none scores more. CASE, CARE and CART will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with COUNTERPACES letters, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. CAN, CAR and ACT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of COUNTERPACES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ACCEPTERS, ACCEPTORS, CONCEPTUS, OCCUPANTS, PREACCUSE and REACCEPTS (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts COUNTERPACES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTERPACES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 446) | 351 | 446 | 324 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 95 of them: COUNTERPACES, COUNTERPACE, CEPACEOUS, CREPANCES, OCCUPATES, PRAECOCES, CONCREATES, CREPANCE, OCCUPATE, PERCOCTS, CONCREATE, PERCOCT and 83 more. Words With Friends* skips 27 of them: PREACCUSE, CRETACEOUS, CERACEOUS, COCURATES, SECURANCE, COCURATE, CUTSCENE, SAUCEPOT, CAPRESE, PATONCE, SUPERNATE, AUTOPENS and 15 more.