Unscramble CROTTLE and you have 78 words, CROTTLE itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: CLOTTER. The strongest shorter words are COTTER, LECTOR and COLTER, 8 points each. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. CROTTLE as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CROTTLE split into 2 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 10 with 5, 25 with 4, 27 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of CROTTLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with CR · ending in LE · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COLTER, COTTER and LECTOR (8 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CROTTLE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROTTLE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 78) | 67 | 78 | 58 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 11 of them: CLOTTER, CROTTLE, CLOTE, COTT, TOLTER, TOC, EORL, LOTE, TELT, ELT and REO. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: TELCO, CERT, LOTTER, ECO, LOC, TEC, TOLT, LOR and TE.
These 4 words take every letter of CROTTLE plus a single extra one.