257 words come out when you unscramble EARLOCKS, starting with EARLOCKS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
E1A1R1L12O1C34K5S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from EARLOCKS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 13 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
16 of 45 6-letter words made with EARLOCKS letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. ORACLE, CLOSER and LOCKER will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EARLOCKS; 20 of them share the top score of 11. LAKES, ACRES and ROCKS are everyday picks.
13 of 60 4-letter words from EARLOCKS tie at 10 points; none scores more. ROCK, LAKE and LACK will look familiar.
ACK scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EARLOCKS at 9 points, ahead of AKE and ARK on 7. ARE, CAR and ASK are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EARLOCKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EA · ending in KS · all 8-letter words
What EARLOCKS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EARLOCKS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EARLOCKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 207 | 257 | 190 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RACKLES, ACKERS, ALECKS, CLOKES, ACKER, ALECK, CLOKE, OAKERS, ALKOS, KAROS, KEROS, KESAR and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ACK, KORAS, KORA, OCREAS, ROSACE, SKOL, ACROS, CALOS, ACRO, OK, SOLERA, CAL and 5 more, 17 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of EARLOCKS and one more.