Unscramble ASTRAGALS and you have 145 words, ASTRAGALS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
A1S1T1R1A1G23A1L12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ASTRAGALS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 19 with 6, 37 with 5, 43 with 4, 29 with 3 and 9 with 2.
ASTRAGAL is the only one of the 8-letter words made with ASTRAGALS letters; it scores 9 points.
16 of 37 5-letter words from ASTRAGALS tie at 6 points; none scores more. GLASS, STARS and GRASS will look familiar.
Of the 43 4-letter words from ASTRAGALS, 19 score 5 points, the group's best. LAST, STAR and ARTS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ASTRAGALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AS · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
ASTRAGALS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ASTRAGALS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASTRAGALS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 145) | 118 | 145 | 112 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AGASTS, STRAGS, TRAGAL, AGAST, ASSART, SAAGS, SASTRA, SLARTS, STRAG, TASARS, GART, RASTA and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TARGAS, SALATS, TARGA, SALAT, AGS and ATS, 6 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of ASTRAGALS plus a single extra one.