Unscramble ANACARDIUM and you have 252 words, ANACARDIUM itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 7 of them, CRANIUM, ARCANUM and ARCADIAN included. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ANACARDIUM by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
MUNDIC scores highest among the 6-letter words from ANACARDIUM at 11 points, ahead of ARCMIN and CAIMAN on 10. MARINA, ARMADA and RANCID are the ones most people know.
MUCID tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ANACARDIUM at 10 points; next come AMNIC and CAMAN on 9. DRAMA, MARIA and DRAIN will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ANACARDIUM, the top score is 8, reached by 8. MAIN, CARD and MIND are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words from ANACARDIUM tie at 7 points; none scores more. CAN, CAR and MAN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ANACARDIUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AN · ending in UM · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACARIDAN, ARCADIAN, ARCANUM, CRANIUM and CUMARIN (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ANACARDIUM is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the Words With Friends list leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANACARDIUM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 195 | 252 | 178 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 56 of them: ANACARDIUM, CARIAMA, MUNDIC, ARCMIN, CANDIRU, MANDIRA, ACARIAN, CAMAN, CANADA, CARAUNA, CARDAN, CIMAR and 44 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: DAMIANA, MAIDAN, RAMADA, ADMIN, CAMI, DIRAM, CAURI, CUM, RAMIN, UNICA, ACAI, ARUANA and 6 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: DI.
This word takes every letter of ANACARDIUM plus a single extra one.