Unscramble ALACRITOUS and you have 341 words, ALACRITOUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 12 points: CALIATOURS and LACTOSURIA. 4 shorter words score 11, among them AUCTORIAL, CALIATOUR and OCULARIST. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ALACRITOUS split into 3 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 9 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
ALACRITOUS and 2 anagrams, LACTOSURIA and CALIATOURS, make up the 10-letter words in ALACRITOUS; each scores 12 points.
40 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ALACRITOUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. COASTAL, RITUALS and AROUSAL will look familiar.
The 6-letter words from ALACRITOUS come to 60, each scoring 8 points. ACTUAL, COURTS and CASUAL are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words in ALACRITOUS score 7 points. COURT, COAST and COSTA are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words made with ALACRITOUS letters scores 6. COST, CART and CARS are everyday picks.
26 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ALACRITOUS tie at 5 points; none scores more. ITS, CAR and ART will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ALACRITOUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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The 5 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by AUCTORIAL (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ALACRITOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALACRITOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 341) | 245 | 341 | 217 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 96 of them: CALIATOURS, LACTOSURIA, CALIATOUR, ACATOURS, AUTOCARS, CALORIST, ACATOUR, ACTUALS, ATOCIAS, AUTOCAR, CARLOTS, CASTRAL and 84 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: CUATROS, LORICAS, RUCOLAS, CAURIS, CUATRO, ACAIS, ACROS, CALOS, CAURI, CLITS, CRIAS, CRITS and 16 more.
This word takes every letter of ALACRITOUS plus a single extra one.