Unscramble POSTICOUS to get 219 words. POSTICOUS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POSTICOUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 28 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 18 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in POSTICOUS: STOCIOUS, 10 points.
Among 28 6-letter words from POSTICOUS, the top score is 10, reached by 10. TOPICS, OPTICS and SCOUTS are the familiar ones.
12 of 52 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTICOUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. POSTS, TOPIC and COSTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from POSTICOUS, 10 score 8 points, the group's best. POST, COST and TIPS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in POSTICOUS, COP, CUP and PIC tie for first at 7 points. OUT, ITS and TOP are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of POSTICOUS for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COPIOUS, COPOUTS and OCTOPUS (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POSTICOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTICOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 219) | 180 | 219 | 163 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: POSTICOUS, SCOUPS, STOCIOUS, SCOUP, COSTUS, PUTOIS, SPOOTS, COITS, COOST, CUITS, POOTS, SOOPS and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: COPOUTS, COPOUT, PISTOUS, COPI, PISTOU, TOCOS, POOS, PTUI, TOCO, TOPO, POO, POS and 5 more.
With one more tile, the letters of POSTICOUS spell the words below.