Unscramble CROSSWIRES to get 258 words. CROSSWIRES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CROSSWISE and CROSSWIRE, 14 points each. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CROSSWIRES split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 5 with 8, 24 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 24 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CROSSWIRES, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. CROSSES, WORRIES and SCISSOR are the ones most people know.
49 6-letter words from CROSSWIRES; 8 of them share the top score of 11. SCORES, SCREWS and ESCROW are everyday picks.
7 of 60 5-letter words from CROSSWIRES tie at 10 points; none scores more. CROSS, SCORE and WORSE will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in CROSSWIRES; 5 of them share the top score of 9. CORE, ROSE and WIRE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with CROSSWIRES letters, COW leads with 8 points, then OWE and REW on 6. ICE, SEC and ROW are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of CROSSWIRES for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with CR · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COWRIES, CROWERS and ESCROWS (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CROSSWIRES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSWIRES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 258) | 186 | 258 | 177 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
72 of the 258 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CROSSWIRES, CROSSWIRE, SCOWRERS, SCOWRIES, SCOWRER, SCOWRIE, SCISSORER, SCROWS, SOWCES, SCORSERS, SCROW, SOWCE and 60 more. 9 of the 258 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OWIES, OWIE, SOCES, CORS, ECOS, ECO, EW, SOC and OI.