Unscramble WAINSCOTS and you have 252 words, WAINSCOTS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. NOWCASTS, SNOWCATS and WAINSCOT are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WAINSCOTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 11 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
COWANS tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WAINSCOTS at 11 points; next come SOWANS and SWAINS on 9. ACTION, CASINO and SAINTS will look familiar.
COWAN, SCAWS and SCOWS share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words from WAINSCOTS. COSTS, COAST and WANTS are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words from WAINSCOTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. WANT, TOWN and WAIT will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in WAINSCOTS, CAW and COW tie for first at 8 points. NOT, WAS and CAN are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of WAINSCOTS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with WA · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
WAINSCOTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
WAINSCOTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAINSCOTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 215 | 252 | 204 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NOWCASTS, NOWCAST, COWANS, COWAN, SCAWS, SCAW, TISWAS, ACTONS, CONIAS, STAWS, STOWN, SWITS and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SNOWCATS, SNOWCAT, WITANS, ASCONS, ASCON, OWTS, SOCAS, OWT, SOC, ATS and OI, 11 in all.