Unscramble CROSSTOWN and you have 200 words, CROSSTOWN itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. CROWNS and SCROWS are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
C34R1O1S1S1T1O1W4N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CROSSTOWN split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 25 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 10 with 2.
CONSORTS is the only one of the 8-letter words in CROSSTOWN; it scores 10 points.
Among 57 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CROSSTOWN, the top score is 10, reached by 4. COSTS, CROSS and WORST are the familiar ones.
COWS, CROW and SCOW share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CROSSTOWN. COST, TOWN and ROOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CROSSTOWN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CR · ending in WN · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CROWNS (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CROSSTOWN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSTOWN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 200) | 152 | 200 | 142 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 48 of them: SCROWS, SCROW, ONCOSTS, WROOTS, CORSOS, ONCOST, ROWTS, STOWN, TRONCS, WOONS, WROOT, COOST and 36 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: OWTS, TOCOS, CORS, OWT, TOCO, SOC, ONOS, ROOS, ONO and ROO.