Unscramble GALACTOSE and you have 259 words, GALACTOSE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CATALOGS, CATELOGS and GELCOATS lead with 11 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GALACTOSE split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 18 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 18 7-letter words in GALACTOSE, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. CATALOG, COASTAL and LACTOSE are the ones most people know.
CAGOTS, GLACES and SOCAGE are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GALACTOSE, 9 points each. CASTLE, LOCATE and CLOSET will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from GALACTOSE, the top score is 8, reached by 6. CLOSE, COAST and SCALE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GALACTOSE, 8 score 7 points, the group's best. CASE, COST and CAST are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from GALACTOSE, CAG and COG tie for first at 6 points. GET, GOT and ACT are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of GALACTOSE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with GA · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CATALOGS and GELCOATS (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. GALACTOSE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALACTOSE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 205 | 259 | 183 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
54 of the 259 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CATELOGS, CATELOG, ALECOST, CAGOTS, SCATOLE, ACATES, AGELAST, ALGATES, CAGOT, CLOTES, COATES, LACETS and 42 more. 22 of the 259 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GELCOATS, GELCOAT, CLEGS, TELCOS, CALOS, CLEG, TELCO, CALS, ECOS, LOCS, SOCA, TECS and 10 more.
These 7 words take every letter of GALACTOSE plus a single extra one.