Unscramble SUBCORTEX and you have 267 words, SUBCORTEX itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1U12B34C34O1R1T1E1X8
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SUBCORTEX split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
5 of 56 6-letter words made with SUBCORTEX letters tie at 15 points; none scores more. SOURCE, COURSE and SECTOR will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBCORTEX; 5 of them share the top score of 14. COURT, BOXES and CREST are everyday picks.
BRUX and CRUX are the top 4-letter words from SUBCORTEX, 13 points each. BEST, COST and CORE will look familiar.
The 3-letter words from SUBCORTEX are led by BOX and COX, 12 points each. BUT, OUT and CUT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SUBCORTEX for another and you can spell these 5 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BOXERS, BRUXES, CORTEX, CRUXES and EXURBS (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SUBCORTEX is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBCORTEX itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 267) | 219 | 266 | 197 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 48 of them: SEXTUOR, URBEX, RETOX, SOREX, CORBES, COURBS, EXO, SCROBE, TEX, CORBE, COURB, BESORT and 36 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: SUBCORTEX, BRUXES, BRUX, OXERS, OXER, CROUTES, SCROB, CROUTE, BRUTS, BUTES, CERTS, CERT and 9 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ROUXES.