Unscramble ARCANIST and you have 238 words, ARCANIST itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. ARCANIST has 1 anagram here, CARNITAS, scoring 10 like ARCANIST itself. 9 shorter words score 9, among them SATANIC, ACRASIN and ANTICAR. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ARCANIST by length: 2 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 14 with 2.
38 6-letter words from ARCANIST; 22 of them share the top score of 8. STRAIN, TRAINS and RACIST are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ARCANIST, the top score is 7, reached by 25. SAINT, SATIN and RANTS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from ARCANIST, 28 score 6 points, the group's best. CART, CARS and ARTS are the ones most people know.
11 of 52 3-letter words in ARCANIST tie at 5 points; none scores more. CAN, ITS and CAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ARCANIST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with AR · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CARNITAS (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ARCANIST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCANIST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 238) | 179 | 238 | 161 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
59 of the 238 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ARCANIST, CANTARS, ARTICS, ASCIAN, CANTAR, CARTAS, CRANTS, CRIANT, SANCAI, ARTIC, CARTA, CRANS and 47 more. 18 of the 238 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CARNITAS, SARCINA, TACANS, ACAIS, CRIAS, CRITS, SCRAN, TACAN, ACAI, CRIA, CRIT, NAIRAS and 6 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of ARCANIST and one more.