Unscramble NEOCORTEX and you have 161 words, NEOCORTEX itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is COEXERT, 16 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NEOCORTEX by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 15 with 6, 31 with 5, 49 with 4, 47 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NEOCORTEX are led by EXERT, OXTER and RETOX, 12 points each. ENTER, TONER and TENOR are the familiar ones.
EXEC scores highest among the 4-letter words from NEOCORTEX at 13 points, ahead of EXON and NEXT on 11. TEEN, NOTE and ONCE are the ones most people know.
COX tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NEOCORTEX at 12 points; next come EXO and NOX on 10. NOT, ONE and TOO will look familiar.
These 3 words have the length of NEOCORTEX, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in X · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COEXERT (16 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NEOCORTEX works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEOCORTEX itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 125 | 161 | 114 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: RETOX, EXO, NOX, TEX, CEROON, CRONET, CERNE, CORNO, CTENE, ONCER, TRONC, CREE and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: OXER, RETCON, ONCET, CERT, TOCO, ECO, TEC, RENO, ONO, ROO and TE.