Unscramble ACRITARCH and you have 131 words, ACRITARCH itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
A1C34R1I1T1A1R1C34H43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ACRITARCH by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 9 with 6, 33 with 5, 40 with 4, 29 with 3 and 11 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in ACRITARCH: CARRITCH, 15 points.
Among the 5-letter words from ACRITARCH, CATCH and CHICA tie for first at 12 points. CHAIR, CHART and CARAT are everyday picks.
CHIC tops the 4-letter words from ACRITARCH at 11 points; next come ARCH and CATH on 9. CART, CHAT and HAIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ACRITARCH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AC · ending in CH · all 9-letter words
What ACRITARCH means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ACRITARCH, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACRITARCH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 131) | 87 | 131 | 76 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 131 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHARACT, TRIARCH, CARRACT, CHARTA, ACHAR, CARACT, CHARA, CHIRT, CIRCAR, CRITH, RICHT, CRAIC and 32 more. 11 of the 131 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CHICA, ACRATIC, ARCHI, CATH, CHAI, ACAI, AHI, CRIA, CRIT, RAITA and RAI.
This word takes every letter of ACRITARCH plus a single extra one.