Unscramble CYNOSURES to get 280 words. CYNOSURES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CYNOSURES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CYNOSURES, 10 score 11 points, the group's best. SOURCE, COURSE and CENSUS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from CYNOSURES; 14 of them share the top score of 10. CROSS, SCORE and CURSE are everyday picks.
8 of 60 4-letter words made with CYNOSURES letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. ONCE, CORE and CORN will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CYNOSURES, COY and CRY tie for first at 8 points. ONE, YES and RUN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CYNOSURES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CY · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
CYNOSURES first, then short meanings for the 6 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CYNOSURES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYNOSURES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 198 | 280 | 179 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
82 of the 280 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CORSEYS, SCRYNES, SYNROCS, COREYS, CORSEY, CURNEY, ROUNCY, SCRYNE, SYNROC, COREY, CRUSY, CURNY and 70 more. 19 of the 280 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CRESSY, SYCONS, CORYS, SENRYUS, SYCON, CONURES, OUNCERS, CONURE, OUNCER, RYUS, YOUS, CORS and 7 more.