Unscramble COURTESANS and you have 397 words, COURTESANS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 9 reach 11 points, ANCESTORS, COURTESAN and CONSTRUES among them. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from COURTESANS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 11 with 9, 56 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
Of the 56 8-letter words made with COURTESANS letters, 42 score 10 points, the group's best. COUNTERS, SENATORS and ANCESTOR are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words from COURTESANS scores 9. COURSES, COUNTER and COASTER are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COURTESANS come to 60, each scoring 8 points. ACROSS, CENSUS and CAUSES are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words in COURTESANS scores 7. COSTS, CASES and CAUSE are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 4-letter words made with COURTESANS letters score 6 points. CASE, CARE and COST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COURTESANS, the top score is 5, reached by 26. NOT, ARE and CAN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of COURTESANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ANCESTORS, CONSTRUES, COURANTES, OUTRANCES and RECUSANTS (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COURTESANS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COURTESANS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 397) | 332 | 397 | 302 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 64 of them: SARCONETS, SORTANCES, CARNEOUS, CONSTERS, CORNUTES, COSTEANS, CRANTSES, CRESTONS, SARCONET, SORTANCE, SURANCES, UNTRACES and 52 more. Words With Friends* skips 31 of them: CANTUSES, CONTESSA, SUNCARES, CANOERS, CONURES, COTEAUS, CRETONS, CROUTES, CUATROS, ASCONS, CANOER, CENTAS and 19 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: CUNT.
These 2 words take every letter of COURTESANS plus a single extra one.