CROSS unscrambled

C3R1O1S1S1

These 5 tiles spell 15 words, the longest running 5 letters, including 1 anagram that uses every letter.

Full anagrams of CROSS

One word uses every one of your 5 tiles — the complete rearrangement most puzzles are asking for.

Longest first, alphabetical within each length. The small number is the word's tile score. Tap any word to unscramble it in turn.

Add a single blank and the same rack reaches 296 more words, up to 6 letters. Here are the longest of them.

Only 1 vowel against 4 consonants — a consonant-heavy rack, where the long words are hard to reach.

Face value of the full rack: 7 points.

The S: The most valuable tile for building long words — it pluralises almost anything, so it is usually worth saving for last.
The C: Needs a partner. C rarely stands alone in short words; pair it with an H or a vowel and it opens up quickly.

Drop a tile and solve the rest. Each link runs the same search on the remaining letters.