Unscramble FORECLOSES and you have 262 words, FORECLOSES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FORECLOSE and FORCELESS lead with 14 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from FORECLOSES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 9 with 8, 17 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 14 with 2.
FRESCOS tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FORECLOSES at 12 points; next come FLOSSER and FORLESE on 10. COOLERS will look familiar.
FORCES and FRESCO share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words from FORECLOSES. COLORS, SCORES and CLOSER are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with FORECLOSES letters; 5 of them share the top score of 10. COLOR, CLOSE and FORCE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FORECLOSES, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. FREE, SELF and FEEL are the ones most people know.
13 of 52 3-letter words from FORECLOSES tie at 6 points; none scores more. SEE, FEE and SEC will look familiar.
Keep every letter of FORECLOSES but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FORCELESS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. FORECLOSES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORECLOSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 207 | 262 | 189 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORLESES, FORSLOES, FORLESE, FORSLOE, RECLOSES, COOSERS, ESCROLS, FORELS, FOSSOR, RECLOSE, SCLERES, CESSER and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FLOSSER, ECLOSES, ECLOSE, FOOS, SOCES, CORS, ECOS, FES, FOO, LOCS, OOF, SOLOES and 6 more, 18 in all.