Unscramble CROSSBENCH and you have 277 words, CROSSBENCH itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BESCORCH, 17 points. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CROSSBENCH by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 13 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CROSSBENCH, 10 score 13 points, the group's best. SOCCER, SCORES and CHOSEN are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 5-letter words from CROSSBENCH tie at 12 points; none scores more. SHOES, HORSE and SHORE will look familiar.
CHOC and COCH share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words made with CROSSBENCH letters. BORN, CORE and ECHO are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CROSSBENCH; 6 of them share the top score of 8. ONE, SEC and CON are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CROSSBENCH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CR · ending in CH · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BESCORCH (17 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CROSSBENCH is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSBENCH itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 277) | 215 | 275 | 190 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: CROSSBENCH, BROCHES, COSECHS, CROCHES, COCHES, CONCHE, COSECH, CROCHE, BREHONS, BREHON, COCH, COHENS and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 27 of them: BROCHS, BROCH, CHOCS, CHOC, BONCES, CHONS, OCHES, SCROBS, BONCE, HOSERS, OCHE, SCROB and 15 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: BOCHES and BOCHE.