240 words come out when you unscramble OSTRACON, starting with OSTRACON itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. OSTRACON has 2 anagrams here, CARTOONS and CORANTOS, scoring 10 like OSTRACON itself. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from OSTRACON by length: 3 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among 35 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OSTRACON, the top score is 8, reached by 26. ACTORS, CORONA and CARTON are the familiar ones.
48 of 60 5-letter words from OSTRACON tie at 7 points; none scores more. COAST, COSTA and ACTOR will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from OSTRACON, 38 score 6 points, the group's best. COST, CART and CARS are the ones most people know.
56 3-letter words in OSTRACON; 16 of them share the top score of 5. NOT, CAN and CAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of OSTRACON but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OS · ending in ON · all 8-letter words
The meaning of OSTRACON, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OSTRACON, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSTRACON itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 189 | 240 | 171 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
51 of the 240 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACTONS, CARONS, CRANTS, ONCOST, TRONCS, ACTON, ARCOS, ATOCS, CARON, COOST, CORNO, CORSO and 39 more. 18 of the 240 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ACROS, ASCON, OSCAR, SANTOOR, SCRAN, TOCOS, ACRO, CORS, SOCA, TOCO, SOC, AROS and 6 more.
These 11 words take every letter of OSTRACON plus a single extra one.