273 words come out when you unscramble SAILCLOTH, starting with SAILCLOTH itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 10 of them, CHALLIS, CHALLOT and CHITALS included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SAILCLOTH by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 15 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with SAILCLOTH letters: LOCALIST, 10 points.
16 of 51 6-letter words from SAILCLOTH tie at 11 points; none scores more. SOCIAL, LOCALS and CLOTHS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SAILCLOTH, the top score is 10, reached by 29. HILLS, CLOTH and CHAOS are the familiar ones.
19 of 60 4-letter words in SAILCLOTH tie at 9 points; none scores more. CALL, CHAT and CASH will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with SAILCLOTH letters, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. ALL, HAS and ITS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SAILCLOTH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SA · ending in TH · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CHALLIS, CHALLOT, CHITALS, CHOLLAS, COLTISH, ISOTACH, LOCHIAL and LOCHIAS (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SAILCLOTH, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAILCLOTH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 224 | 273 | 195 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
49 of the 273 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHIAOS, SCAITH, TACHOS, TAISCH, CHALS, CHOTA, COTHS, OSHAC, SCATH, SICHT, TACHO, CHAL and 37 more. 29 of the 273 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CHITALS, LOCHIAS, CHOILS, CHOLAS, CHOLIS, CATHS, CHAIS, CHOIL, CHOLA, CHOLI, SITCH, CATH and 17 more.
These 4 words take every letter of SAILCLOTH plus a single extra one.