222 words come out when you unscramble ACTURES, starting with ACTURES itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. ACTURES has 3 anagrams here, CAUTERS, CRUSTAE and CURATES, scoring 9 like ACTURES itself. The best shorter words score 8: 27 of them, TRACES, SAUCER and REACTS included. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. ACTURES as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ACTURES split into 4 with 7 letters, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 15 with 2.
28 6-letter words in ACTURES; 27 of them share the top score of 8. TRACES, SAUCER and REACTS are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from ACTURES, the top score is 7, reached by 49. RATES, CAUSE and ACRES are the familiar ones.
35 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ACTURES tie at 6 points; none scores more. CASE, CARE and RATE will look familiar.
Of the 55 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ACTURES, 15 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, USE and SET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ACTURES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with AC · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CURATES (9 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts ACTURES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTURES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 183 | 222 | 172 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACTURES, CAUTERS, CRUSTAE, ACTURE, CAUTER, CRESTA, CRUSTA, CURATS, ACERS, CRUES, CURAT, SCEAT and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CERTS, CERT, TECS, CRU, RESAT, TEC, ATS, EST, TES, UTE and TE, 11 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of ACTURES spell the words below.