Unscramble COUNTERSPIES to get 482 words. COUNTERSPIES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 16 points: PERSECUTIONS. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
C34O1U12N12T1E1R1S1P34I1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from COUNTERSPIES split into 2 with 12 letters, 3 with 11, 23 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
The 12-letter words made with COUNTERSPIES letters are 2: COUNTERSPIES itself and 1 anagram, PERSECUTIONS. Each scores 16 points.
The 11-letter words in COUNTERSPIES come to 3, each scoring 15 points. PERSECUTION is the familiar one.
16 of 23 10-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERSPIES tie at 14 points; none scores more. PERCUSSION, INSPECTORS and RECEPTIONS will look familiar.
60 9-letter words from COUNTERSPIES; 30 of them share the top score of 13. COUNTRIES, RECEPTION and INSPECTOR are everyday picks.
Among 60 8-letter words from COUNTERSPIES, the top score is 12, reached by 56. PICTURES, PRECIOUS and RECEIPTS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words in COUNTERSPIES scores 11. PROCESS, PICTURE and PERCENT are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 6-letter words made with COUNTERSPIES letters score 10 points. PRICES, SCRIPT and COPIES are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERSPIES; 41 of them share the top score of 9. PRICE, TOPIC and PIECE are everyday picks.
19 of 60 4-letter words from COUNTERSPIES tie at 8 points; none scores more. COST, PICS and CORE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in COUNTERSPIES, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. PUT, PRO and CUT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of COUNTERSPIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 5 highest-scoring answers, starting with CREPITUSES, NECROPSIES, PERCUSSION, PRECIOUSES and PRECONISES (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. COUNTERSPIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTERSPIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 482) | 384 | 480 | 351 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CROUPINESS, ENCOPRESIS, PECTINEUS, PERICONES, PERSICOTS, PRESCIOUS, SPECTRINS, SUSCEPTOR, SUSPECTER, UNPRECISE, CONSPUES, COPSIEST and 85 more, 97 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CREPITUSES, PRECONISES, CESPITOSE, CREPINESS, PECTINOUS, PRECONISE, CORPUSES, CREPITUS, INSECUREST, NECROTISES, PRETONIC, INSOURCES and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNT.
These 2 words take every letter of COUNTERSPIES plus a single extra one.