Unscramble STICCATOS and you have 190 words, STICCATOS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. STICCATO is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from STICCATOS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 25 with 6, 49 with 5, 56 with 4, 36 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with STICCATOS letters: STICCATO, for 12 points.
10 of 25 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STICCATOS tie at 10 points; none scores more. STATIC, TACTIC and COASTS will look familiar.
Of the 49 5-letter words from STICCATOS, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. COSTS, COAST and CISCO are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in STICCATOS, COCA leads with 8 points, then ACTS and ASCI on 6. COST, CAST and CATS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of STICCATOS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in OS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ACCOSTS, OCICATS, TACTICS, TICTACS and TICTOCS (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
STICCATOS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STICCATOS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 146 | 190 | 131 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
44 of the 190 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STICCATOS, STICCATO, CASCOS, SACCOI, SACCOS, CASCO, TICCA, ATOCS, COITS, COTTS, OCTAS, SAICS and 32 more. 15 of the 190 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OCICATS, OCICAT, SOCAS, TATSOIS, SOCA, TATSOI, TSOTSI, SOC, STOTS, TASSO, TOSAS, STOT and 3 more.
These 3 words take every letter of STICCATOS plus a single extra one.