Unscramble ARACEOUS to get 200 words. ARACEOUS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 5 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ARACEOUS split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 17 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 50 5-letter words from ARACEOUS, the top score is 7, reached by 35. AREAS, SCORE and CAUSE are the familiar ones.
38 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ARACEOUS tie at 6 points; none scores more. AREA, CASE and CARE will look familiar.
Of the 53 3-letter words made with ARACEOUS letters, 19 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, USE and CAR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ARACEOUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with AR · ending in US · all 8-letter words
ARACEOUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ARACEOUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARACEOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 200) | 159 | 200 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 200 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAUSAE, COURES, ACERS, ARCOS, CAUSA, COURE, COURS, CRUES, SCRAE, SOUCE, ACER, AESC and 29 more. 15 of the 200 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ROSACEA, OCREAS, ROSACE, ACROS, OSCAR, ACRO, CORS, ECOS, SOCA, ASURA, CRU, ECO and 3 more.