Unscramble OPACOUS and you have 80 words, OPACOUS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 9 shorter words score 9, among them SCOOP, COUPS and COOPS. The 7 letters split into 4 vowels and 3 consonants. OPACOUS as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OPACOUS split into 1 with 7 letters, 10 with 5, 29 with 4, 30 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Trade one tile of OPACOUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CAPOS, COOPS, COUPS, SCAUP, SCOOP and SCOPA (9 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OPACOUS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPACOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 80) | 61 | 80 | 50 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
19 of the 80 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OPACOUS, CAUPS, PACOS, SCOUP, CAUP, PACO, OUPAS, APSO, OUPA, OUPS, POAS, SOOP and 7 more. 11 of the 80 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SCOPA, APOS, OPAS, POOS, SOCA, APO, OPA, POO, POS, SOC and PO.
With one more tile, the letters of OPACOUS spell the words below.