Unscramble SUBCOLONY and you have 195 words, SUBCOLONY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BOUNCY, COLBYS and SCOOBY, 13 points each. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SUBCOLONY split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 14 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBCOLONY, COLBY leads with 12 points, then BOUSY and BOYOS on 10. CLUBS, BONUS and COLON are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from SUBCOLONY; 14 of them share the top score of 9. ONLY, CLUB and COOL are everyday picks.
Among 55 3-letter words made with SUBCOLONY letters, the top score is 8, reached by 6. BUY, SUN and BOY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SUBCOLONY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in NY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BOUNCY and COLBYS (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SUBCOLONY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBCOLONY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 195) | 154 | 194 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: SCOOBY, NOYOUS, CLY, BOOLS, BOUNS, CLOUS, LOBUS, LOYS, NOYS, ONCUS, OOSY, BOOL and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: COLBYS, COLBY, SYCON, NOOBS, YOUS, LOCS, NOOB, LOC, SOC, LUNS, LUN and ONO. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: COOLY.