Unscramble COUNTERPLOYS to get 415 words. COUNTERPLOYS itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from COUNTERPLOYS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 3 with 10, 17 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in COUNTERPLOYS: COUNTERPLOY, for 18 points.
The best of the 10-letter words made with COUNTERPLOYS letters is COUNTERSPY, 17 points; CONSULTORY on 15 and TURCOPOLES on 14 follow.
SPOROCYTE tops the 9-letter words from COUNTERPLOYS at 16 points; next come ELOCUTORY on 14 and CORPULENT on 13. COUNSELOR will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERPLOYS, 7 score 15 points, the group's best. CONTROLS, COURTESY and COUNTERS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 7-letter words from COUNTERPLOYS, the top score is 14, reached by 12. COUNTRY, CENTURY and COUPONS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words in COUNTERPLOYS, 14 score 13 points, the group's best. COUNTY, POETRY and PLENTY are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 5-letter words made with COUNTERPLOYS letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. CURLY, CRYPT and CONEY will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERPLOYS, COPY leads with 11 points, then CLOY and COLY on 9. TYPE, CROP and SPEC are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 3-letter words from COUNTERPLOYS tie at 8 points; none scores more. YES, YET and TRY will look familiar.
Trade one tile of COUNTERPLOYS for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in YS · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ENCRYPTS, NECROPSY, OPULENCY, POLYCOTS, SPRUCELY and UROSCOPY (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. COUNTERPLOYS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTERPLOYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 415) | 301 | 414 | 279 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 114 of them: SPOROCYTE, CONSULTORY, CRYPTONS, CRYPTON, ELOCUTORY, SCEPTRY, TURCOPOLES, CLYPES, COYSTREL, ECTOPY, PONCEY, TURCOPOLE and 102 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: COPSY, CLOSEUP, COPOUTS, CROONY, PLOYES, RECONSULT, CORYS, ECOTOURS, PELOTONS, PLOYE, POSEY, PURTY and 10 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: COOLY.