157 words come out when you unscramble ACTUARIAL, starting with ACTUARIAL itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CURTAIL and TRUCIAL, 9 points each. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ACTUARIAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 16 with 6, 37 with 5, 49 with 4, 39 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 8 letters.
18 of 37 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ACTUARIAL tie at 7 points; none scores more. TRIAL, TRAIL and ULTRA will look familiar.
Of the 49 4-letter words from ACTUARIAL, 18 score 6 points, the group's best. CART, RAIL and TAIL are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ACTUARIAL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with AC · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
The meaning of ACTUARIAL, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ACTUARIAL is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTUARIAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 157) | 114 | 157 | 104 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRUCIAL, LAURIC, TAURIC, URTICA, ARTIC, CARTA, CITAL, CLART, CLAUT, CURAT, CURLI, ICTAL and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAURI, ACAI, CLIT, CRIA, CRIT, CAL, CRU, RAITA, LATU and RAI, 10 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ACTUARIAL and one more.