Unscramble COUNTESSES and you have 271 words, COUNTESSES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 7 shorter words score 10, among them COUNTESS, CENSUSES and CUTENESS. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from COUNTESSES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 8 with 8, 13 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 18 with 2.
OUTNESSES is the only one of the 9-letter words made with COUNTESSES letters; it scores 9 points.
32 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTESSES tie at 8 points; none scores more. CENSUS, COUNTS and SCENES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in COUNTESSES, 40 score 7 points, the group's best. COSTS, NOTES and SENSE are the ones most people know.
30 of 60 4-letter words made with COUNTESSES letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. NOTE, COST and ONCE will look familiar.
Among 50 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTESSES, the top score is 5, reached by 12. NOT, ONE and OUT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of COUNTESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
COUNTESSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COUNTESSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 208 | 271 | 188 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: CESTOSES, COSTUSES, ECONUTS, OUTNESSES, UNCOEST, COSSES, COSTES, COSTUS, CTENES, ECONUT, ESTOCS, SCUSES and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: CENTU, ONCET, SOCES, ECOS, NUTSOS, SUETES, TECS, ECO, ESNES, NUTSO, SENES, SENTS and 10 more. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: CUNTS and CUNT.
Each word below uses all the letters of COUNTESSES and one more.