Unscramble COUNTERSHADING to get 576 words. COUNTERSHADING itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. 14 letters: 5 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from COUNTERSHADING by length: 1 with 14 letters, 1 with 13, 4 with 12, 30 with 11, 60 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 60 with 2.
Just 1 of the 13-letter words in COUNTERSHADING: UNDERCOATINGS, for 17 points.
CHANGEROUNDS tops the 12-letter words made with COUNTERSHADING letters at 19 points; next come UNDERCOATING on 16 and DENUNCIATORS on 15.
Among the 11-letter words from COUNTERSHADING, CHANGEROUND and ROUGHCASTED tie for first at 18 points. CONSTRAINED is an everyday pick.
Of the 60 10-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERSHADING, 4 score 17 points, the group's best. DECORATING, AUTHORISED and DISCOURAGE are the ones most people know.
13 of 60 9-letter words from COUNTERSHADING tie at 16 points; none scores more. SEARCHING, DISCHARGE and UNCHANGED will look familiar.
60 8-letter words in COUNTERSHADING; 7 of them share the top score of 15. CHEATING, CRASHING and CHARTING are everyday picks.
7 of 60 7-letter words made with COUNTERSHADING letters tie at 14 points; none scores more. CHANGES, CHANGED and CHARGES will look familiar.
GACHED scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERSHADING at 13 points, ahead of ACHING and ARCHED on 12. CHANGE, CHARGE and CAUGHT are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from COUNTERSHADING; 27 of them share the top score of 11. CHINA, CHAIR and CHAIN are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in COUNTERSHADING, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. SUCH, EACH and TECH are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with COUNTERSHADING letters; 9 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, HAD and HOT are everyday picks.
CH scores highest among the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERSHADING at 7 points, ahead of AH and EH on 5. IN, IS and ON are the ones most people know.
This word has the length of COUNTERSHADING, with one letter different:
More 14-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 14-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ACHONDRITES, CHAGRINNED, CHUNDERING, DRENCHINGS, OUTCHARGED, OUTREACHING, RETOUCHINGS and SCOUTHERING (17 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. COUNTERSHADING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTERSHADING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 576) | 442 | 575 | 366 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
134 of the 576 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHANGEROUNDS, CHANGEROUND, ROUGHCASTED, CHOUNTERING, STANCHERING, UNSTARCHING, DETHRONINGS, DITROCHEAN, GRAUNCHED, HECTORINGS, RHOTACISED, SCRAUGHED and 122 more. 75 of the 576 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CHUNDERING, DRENCHINGS, RETOUCHINGS, CHIGNONED, CHORDINGS, DOUCHINGS, HEADCOUNTS, SHITCANNED, UNDERTHINGS, CHURINGAS, GNATHONIC, HEADCOUNT and 63 more. 1 of the 576 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ANTIHUNGER.
This word takes every letter of COUNTERSHADING plus a single extra one.