Unscramble DOVECOTES and you have 180 words, DOVECOTES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DOVECOTE and DOVECOTS, 14 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DOVECOTES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 13 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 14 with 2.
COVED tops the 5-letter words from DOVECOTES at 11 points; next come COVES and COVET on 10. CODES, VOTES and STOOD will look familiar.
COVE scores highest among the 4-letter words in DOVECOTES at 9 points, ahead of DEEV and DEVO on 8. DOES, CODE and COST are the ones most people know.
DEV tops the 3-letter words made with DOVECOTES letters at 7 points; next come COD and DOC on 6. SEE, SET and TOO will look familiar.
This word has the length of DOVECOTES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What DOVECOTES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DOVECOTES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOVECOTES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 140 | 180 | 127 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: DEVOTS, DEEVS, DEVOS, DEVOT, DOOCES, COSED, DEEV, DEVO, DOCOS, DOOCE, EVETS, COOST and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: STOVED, TOCOS, ECOS, SEV, TECS, TOCO, ECO, SOC, TEC, EDS, EST, TES and 1 more.