Unscramble ARCHAEANS and you have 231 words, ARCHAEANS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is ARCHAEAN, 13 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ARCHAEANS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in ARCHAEANS: ARCHAEAN, for 13 points.
Of the 31 6-letter words from ARCHAEANS, 19 score 11 points, the group's best. SEARCH, CHASER and ARENAS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ARCHAEANS; 14 of them share the top score of 10. AREAS, SHARE and REACH are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from ARCHAEANS, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. EACH, AREA and CASE are the ones most people know.
53 3-letter words in ARCHAEANS; 4 of them share the top score of 8. ARE, CAN and HAS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ARCHAEANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AR · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
What ARCHAEANS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ARCHAEANS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHAEANS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 173 | 231 | 163 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: ACHARNE, CHENARS, ACHARS, AREACH, CANEHS, CHENAR, ENARCH, RACHES, ACHAR, CANEH, CHARA, NACHE and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: ARCHAEANS, ARCHAEAN, ARCHAEA, ARCHEAN, CHANAS, CHANA, SCRAN, SHEN, AHS and SAN.