Unscramble COUNTERPLAYED to get 483 words. COUNTERPLAYED itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. COUNTERPLAY is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from COUNTERPLAYED by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 4 with 11, 11 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 46 with 2.
COUNTERPLEAD is the only one of the 12-letter words in COUNTERPLAYED; it scores 17 points.
Among the 11-letter words made with COUNTERPLAYED letters, COUNTERPLAY leads with 18 points, then COUNTERPLED and OPERCULATED on 16.
5 of 11 10-letter words from COUNTERPLAYED tie at 15 points; none scores more.
DECEPTORY and ENCRYPTED share the top score of 17 among the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERPLAYED. RELOCATED is the one most people know.
COPYREAD tops the 8-letter words in COUNTERPLAYED at 16 points; next come CALOTYPE and CALYPTER on 15. RECENTLY, REPLACED and CAPTURED will look familiar.
Among the 7-letter words made with COUNTERPLAYED letters, DECRYPT, PUDENCY and YCLEPED tie for first at 15 points. COUNTRY, CENTURY and COUPLED are everyday picks.
CLYPED tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERPLAYED at 14 points; next come CANOPY and COTYPE on 13. COUNTY, PLAYED and CLOUDY will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from COUNTERPLAYED, the top score is 12, reached by 8. CANDY, DECAY and TYPED are the familiar ones.
COPY and PACY share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words in COUNTERPLAYED. TYPE, PLAY and CAPE are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with COUNTERPLAYED letters; 13 of them share the top score of 8. ANY, DAY and PAY are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of COUNTERPLAYED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ED · all 13-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ENCRYPTED (17 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
COUNTERPLAYED is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTERPLAYED itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 483) | 371 | 483 | 336 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 112 of them: COUNTERPLEAD, DECEPTORY, COUNTERPLED, CULPATORY, NYCTALOPE, DAYCENTRE, DEPLETORY, TELECOPY, TRANCEDLY, ALECTRYON, AUTOREPLY, CALENDRY and 100 more. Words With Friends* skips 35 of them: COUNTERPLAYED, COPARENTED, EDUCATORY, PRELOCATED, REDOLENCY, UNADEPTLY, UNDERCLAY, CRENATELY, CUNEATELY, DECOUPLER, DEPLOYER, DEPRENYL and 23 more.