242 words come out when you unscramble LOCUSTED, starting with LOCUSTED itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. LOCUSTED has 1 anagram here, COULDEST, scoring 11 like LOCUSTED itself. The best shorter words score 10: 9 of them, COLDEST, SCOUTED and CLOUTED included. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LOCUSTED split into 2 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 31 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LOCUSTED, 12 score 9 points, the group's best. CLOSED, OLDEST and CLOUDS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from LOCUSTED; 22 of them share the top score of 8. CLOSE, CODES and CLOUD are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in LOCUSTED, the top score is 7, reached by 15. DOES, CODE and COST are the familiar ones.
COD, CUD and DOC share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words made with LOCUSTED letters. OUT, SET and OLD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LOCUSTED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LO · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COULDEST (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts LOCUSTED, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCUSTED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 197 | 242 | 175 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: LOCUSTED, CUSTODE, DOUCETS, DULCOSE, COLTED, DOLCES, DOUCET, SOUCED, CLOTES, COSED, DOCUS, DOUCS and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: DOUCEST, COUDES, DULCES, DULCE, TELCOS, OUTLED, TELCO, DELTS, DOUTS, ECOS, LOCS, TECS and 10 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of LOCUSTED and one more.