274 words come out when you unscramble NUCLEOSOME, starting with NUCLEOSOME itself: 14 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, COELOMES and MONOCLES lead with 12 points. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NUCLEOSOME split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 22 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 9 letters.
10 of 22 7-letter words in NUCLEOSOME tie at 11 points; none scores more. SOMEONE, COLUMNS and CONSOLE will look familiar.
Among 45 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NUCLEOSOME, the top score is 10, reached by 12. COLUMN, MUSCLE and OUNCES are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 5-letter words from NUCLEOSOME tie at 9 points; none scores more. CLOSE, COMES and MOUSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with NUCLEOSOME letters, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. COME, MENU and COOL are the ones most people know.
CUM and MOC are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NUCLEOSOME, 7 points each. ONE, MEN and SEC will look familiar.
These 4 words have the length of NUCLEOSOME, with one letter different:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COELOMES and MONOCLES (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NUCLEOSOME, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUCLEOSOME itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 274) | 219 | 274 | 201 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LOCOMEN, MUSCONE, ONCOMES, ONCOME, CLEMS, COMUS, COOMS, CLEM, COMS, COOM, COOSEN, EMULES and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MESCLUN, CULMEN, COSMO, LEUCONS, CUMS, ECLOSE, LEUCON, ECOS, EMOS, LOCS, ECO, EMO and 6 more, 18 in all.
This word takes every letter of NUCLEOSOME plus a single extra one.