403 words come out when you unscramble COUNTERSTYLE, starting with COUNTERSTYLE itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 13: 11 of them, RECENTLY, COURTESY and SECURELY included. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from COUNTERSTYLE split into 1 with 12 letters, 13 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 11 or 10 letters.
Among 60 8-letter words in COUNTERSTYLE, the top score is 13, reached by 11. RECENTLY, COURTESY and COUNTERS are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 7-letter words from COUNTERSTYLE tie at 12 points; none scores more. COUNTRY, CENTURY and CENTERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERSTYLE, 30 score 11 points, the group's best. COUNTY, COSTLY and OYSTER are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from COUNTERSTYLE, the top score is 10, reached by 26. ENTRY, RUSTY and CURLY are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 4-letter words in COUNTERSTYLE tie at 9 points; none scores more. ONLY, TOYS and EYES will look familiar.
CLY, COY and CRY share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words made with COUNTERSTYLE letters. YES, YET and TRY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of COUNTERSTYLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in LE · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CLUSTERY, CLUTTERY, COURTESY, CROUSELY, CYNOSURE, RECENTLY, SECRETLY and SECURELY (13 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COUNTERSTYLE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTERSTYLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 403) | 278 | 402 | 260 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 124 of them: COYSTREL, RECOYLES, UNCOSTLY, CORYLUS, COTYLES, RECOYLE, SCROYLE, SCRUNTY, CENTRY, CETYLS, CLOYES, COLEYS and 112 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: RECONSULT, CORNETTS, CORYS, STONECUT, SYCON, SYRETTE, ROTELY, SNEERY, EENSY, RYUS, RYU, YER and 6 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: NESTY.
Each word below uses all the letters of COUNTERSTYLE and one more.