Unscramble ACCURSE and you have 116 words, ACCURSE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: ACCRUES and ACCUSER. The best shorter words score 10: 6 of them, SCARCE, ACCUSE and ACCRUE included. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. ACCURSE as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ACCURSE by length: 3 with 7 letters, 9 with 6, 24 with 5, 40 with 4, 31 with 3 and 9 with 2.
CECA tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ACCURSE at 8 points; next come ACER and ACES on 6. USER, CASE and CARE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ACCURSE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with AC · ending in SE · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACCRUES and ACCUSER (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ACCURSE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCURSE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 116) | 94 | 116 | 93 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACCURSE, ARCSEC, ACERS, CRUES, SCRAE, ACER, AESC, CEAS, CRUE, RUCS, SCUR, RUC and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CRU.
These 7 words take every letter of ACCURSE plus a single extra one.