173 words come out when you unscramble KAROSSES, starting with KAROSSES itself: 12 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
K5A1R1O1S1S1E1S1
Words from KAROSSES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 15 with 6, 42 with 5, 57 with 4, 39 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 42 5-letter words from KAROSSES, 25 score 9 points, the group's best. ROSES, SEARS and ASSES are the ones most people know.
30 of 57 4-letter words you get when you unscramble KAROSSES tie at 8 points; none scores more. ROSE, ASKS and EARS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of KAROSSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with KA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What KAROSSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept KAROSSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAROSSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 123 | 173 | 118 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: KESARS, KOSSES, OAKERS, SKEARS, KAROS, KEROS, KESAR, KORES, KOSES, KSARS, OAKER, REAKS and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: KORAS, KORA, OK, AROS and ARO.