Unscramble COURAGEOUS and you have 260 words, COURAGEOUS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. CARGOOSE, COUGUARS and COURAGES are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 10 letters split into 6 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from COURAGEOUS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 14 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 43 6-letter words from COURAGEOUS, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. SOURCE, COURSE and ARGUES are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COURAGEOUS; 13 of them share the top score of 8. SCORE, CAUSE and GRACE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from COURAGEOUS, 9 score 7 points, the group's best. CASE, CARE and CARS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in COURAGEOUS, CAG and COG tie for first at 6 points. ARE, CAR and AGE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of COURAGEOUS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COURAGES (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COURAGEOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COURAGEOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 260) | 197 | 260 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CARGOOSE, COUGUARS, COUGUAR, COGUES, ROUCOUS, COGUE, COOSER, COURES, CROGS, ROUCOU, SCOOG, SCOUG and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GUACS, OCREAS, ROSACE, ACROS, GUAC, OSCAR, ACRO, AGROS, CORS, ECOS, SOCA, AGRO and 8 more, 20 in all.