315 words come out when you unscramble NOCTURNALS, starting with NOCTURNALS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
N12O1C34T1U12R1N12A1L12S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from NOCTURNALS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 7 with 8, 42 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Of the 42 7-letter words you get when you unscramble NOCTURNALS, 32 score 9 points, the group's best. CONSULT and CARTONS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words from NOCTURNALS scores 8. COURTS, COUNTS and ACTORS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words made with NOCTURNALS letters come to 60, each scoring 7 points. COURT, COAST and CANON are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NOCTURNALS score 6 points. COST, CART and CARS are the ones most people know.
23 of 60 3-letter words from NOCTURNALS tie at 5 points; none scores more. NOT, CAN and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of NOCTURNALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with NO · ending in LS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CALUTRONS and NOCTURNAL (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: NOCTURNALS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOCTURNALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 315) | 241 | 315 | 218 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NOCTURNALS, CONSULTA, CARLOTS, CROTALS, NACROUS, NOCTUAS, UNCARTS, UNCOLTS, ACTONS, CARLOT, CARONS, CLARTS and 60 more, 72 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CONSTRUAL, COLTANS, CUATROS, RUCOLAS, TRUNCAL, COLTAN, CUATRO, RUCOLA, ACROS, ASCON, CALOS, SOLUNAR and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT, 2 in all.