Unscramble TELESCOPE and you have 201 words, TELESCOPE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PECTOSE leads with 11 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from TELESCOPE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 14 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
10 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TELESCOPE tie at 9 points; none scores more. CLOSE, STEEL and SLEEP will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from TELESCOPE, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. POST, COST and STEP are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words from TELESCOPE are led by CEP, COP and PEC, 7 points each. SEE, TOP and SET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of TELESCOPE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TE · ending in PE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CLEPES (10 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TELESCOPE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TELESCOPE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 201) | 166 | 201 | 149 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
35 of the 201 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PECTOSE, CLEEPS, PEECES, CLEEP, PEECE, CLOTES, ELPEES, CLOTE, COSTE, ELOPS, ELPEE, ESTOC and 23 more. 17 of the 201 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SPECT, ECLOSE, TELCOS, TELCO, ECOS, LOCS, TECS, ECO, LOC, POS, PST, SOC and 5 more.
These 3 words take every letter of TELESCOPE plus a single extra one.