Unscramble NOWCASTS and you have 185 words, NOWCASTS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. NOWCASTS has 1 anagram here, SNOWCATS, scoring 13 like NOWCASTS itself. The strongest shorter words are NOWCAST and SNOWCAT, 12 points each. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from NOWCASTS split into 2 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 12 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NOWCASTS, COWAN, SCAWS and SCOWS tie for first at 10 points. COSTS, COAST and WANTS are everyday picks.
4 of 60 4-letter words from NOWCASTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. WANT, COST and TOWN will look familiar.
CAW and COW share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words in NOWCASTS. NOT, WAS and CAN are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of NOWCASTS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with NO · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SNOWCATS (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts NOWCASTS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOWCASTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 160 | 185 | 146 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NOWCASTS, NOWCAST, COWANS, COWAN, SCAWS, SCAW, ACTONS, STAWS, STOWN, ACTON, ANOW, ATOCS and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SNOWCATS, SNOWCAT, ASCONS, ASCON, OWTS, SOCAS, OWT, SOCA, SOC, STANS, TASSO, TOSAS and 2 more, 14 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of NOWCASTS spell the words below.