Unscramble FLOCCULANTS and you have 301 words, FLOCCULANTS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is FLOCCULANT, 17 points. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FLOCCULANTS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 9 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with FLOCCULANTS letters: FLOCCULANT, for 17 points.
FLOCCUS scores highest among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FLOCCULANTS at 14 points, ahead of CANFULS and CANSFUL on 12. ACCOUNT, CONSULT and FALCONS are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 6-letter words from FLOCCULANTS tie at 11 points; none scores more. COUNTS, FALCON and LOCALS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in FLOCCULANTS, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. FOCUS, CALLS and FACTS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with FLOCCULANTS letters, the top score is 9, reached by 8. FULL, CALL and FAST are the familiar ones.
CAF scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FLOCCULANTS at 8 points, ahead of AFT and ALF on 6. NOT, ALL and CAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FLOCCULANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with FL · ending in TS · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FLOCCUS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FLOCCULANTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLOCCULANTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 301) | 230 | 299 | 211 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
69 of the 301 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OLFACTS, UNFACTS, CATCONS, COUCALS, FUSTOC, OLFACT, UNFACT, CATCON, CONFS, CONSULTA, COUCAL, FULLANS and 57 more. 19 of the 301 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CALLOUTS, OUTCALLS, CAFS, CALLOUT, COLTANS, FUTSAL, OUTCALL, CAF, COLTAN, UNCAST, ASCON, CALOS and 7 more. 2 of the 301 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF.