240 words come out when you unscramble POSTCODES, starting with POSTCODES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are POSTCODE and POSTDOCS, 13 points each. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from POSTCODES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 16 with 2.
4 of 40 6-letter words from POSTCODES tie at 11 points; none scores more. POSTED, SCOPES and TOSSED will look familiar.
COPED scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTCODES at 10 points, ahead of COOPS and COOPT on 9. POSTS, COSTS and STEPS are the ones most people know.
8 of 60 4-letter words from POSTCODES tie at 8 points; none scores more. POST, CODE and COST will look familiar.
CEP, COP and PEC share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words in POSTCODES. TOP, SET and TOO are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of POSTCODES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
POSTCODES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POSTCODES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTCODES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 188 | 240 | 167 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: OPCODES, COPSED, OPCODE, DOOCES, POOTED, POSSED, SOOPED, STOOPES, COSED, COSTES, DOCOS, DOOCE and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: SPECTS, DOPEST, SPECT, POOED, DEPS, SOCES, DEP, ECOS, POOS, SEPS, ECO, POO and 9 more.