Unscramble COUNTRIES and you have 354 words, COUNTRIES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of COUNTRIES are on the page: CRETINOUS and NEUROTICS, each 11 points. The best shorter words score 10: 20 of them, COUNTIES, COUNTERS and RECOUNTS included. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from COUNTRIES split into 3 with 9 letters, 23 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
23 8-letter words in COUNTRIES; 20 of them share the top score of 10. COUNTIES, COUNTERS and ROUTINES are everyday picks.
54 of 60 7-letter words from COUNTRIES tie at 9 points; none scores more. SECTION, COUNTER and NOTICES will look familiar.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTRIES come to 60, each scoring 8 points. COURSE, CRUISE and COURTS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words made with COUNTRIES letters score 7 points. COURT, COUNT and COINS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTRIES scores 6. COST, ONCE and NICE are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from COUNTRIES, the top score is 5, reached by 23. NOT, ONE and OUT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of COUNTRIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
COUNTRIES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COUNTRIES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTRIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 354) | 269 | 354 | 245 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 83 of them: CORNUTES, CURNIEST, NOURICES, RECTIONS, ROUNCIES, CONSTER, CORNIST, CORSITE, COURIES, CRESTON, CRINOSE, CRONETS and 71 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: INSOURCE, CONURES, CRETONS, CROUTES, NEUSTIC, OUNCERS, RETCONS, CONURE, CROUTE, CUEIST, CUNITS, CENTU and 14 more. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: CUNTS and CUNT.
With one more tile, the letters of COUNTRIES spell the words below.