Unscramble CRYOPROBES to get 248 words. CRYOPROBES itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. CRYOPROBE is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CRYOPROBES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 7 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with CRYOPROBES letters: CRYOPROBE, 18 points.
Of the 41 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CRYOPROBES, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. PROBES, CORPSE and POORER are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 5-letter words from CRYOPROBES tie at 12 points; none scores more. SORRY, SCOPE and CORPS will look familiar.
COPY scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CRYOPROBES at 11 points, ahead of BEYS and BOYO on 9. BOYS, CROP and SPEC are the ones most people know.
11 of 60 3-letter words from CRYOPROBES tie at 8 points; none scores more. YES, PRO and BOY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CRYOPROBES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CR · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COOPERY (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CRYOPROBES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYOPROBES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 197 | 248 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
51 of the 248 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCOOBY, COREYS, CORSEY, SCORPER, BREYS, CORBES, COREY, POYSE, PRYSE, ROOPY, RYPER, SCROBE and 39 more. 26 of the 248 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: POBOYS, COPSY, CYBER, POBOY, CRYERS, SCRYER, BROEY, CORYS, CRYER, POSEY, PYROS, PERCS and 14 more.