Unscramble ANORECTAL and you have 276 words, ANORECTAL itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1N12O1R1E1C34T1A1L12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ANORECTAL split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among 60 6-letter words from ANORECTAL, the top score is 8, reached by 53. ORACLE, LOCATE and TRANCE are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ANORECTAL scores 7. CLEAR, CLEAN and OCEAN are everyday picks.
49 of 60 4-letter words in ANORECTAL tie at 6 points; none scores more. CARE, CART and ONCE will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words made with ANORECTAL letters, the top score is 5, reached by 22. NOT, ARE and CAN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ANORECTAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AN · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACEROLA, CATERAN, CENTRAL, CORNEAL, CROTALE, ENACTOR, LACTEAN and LACTONE (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ANORECTAL is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANORECTAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 276) | 235 | 276 | 217 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 276 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANORECTAL, LACERANT, LECANORA, CROTALA, ACATER, ANCORA, CANTAR, CARLOT, CREANT, CRONET, CROTAL, EARCON and 29 more. 18 of the 276 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CROTALE, CANOER, CANTAL, COLTAN, RECOAT, RETCON, ONCET, TACAN, TELCO, ACRO, CERT, CAL and 6 more.
These 3 words take every letter of ANORECTAL plus a single extra one.