240 words come out when you unscramble AUTHENTIC, starting with AUTHENTIC itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from AUTHENTIC split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in AUTHENTIC: TUNICATE, for 10 points.
8 of 27 6-letter words from AUTHENTIC tie at 11 points; none scores more. ETHNIC, INTACT and AUNTIE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble AUTHENTIC, 23 score 10 points, the group's best. CHINA, CHAIN and TEACH are the ones most people know.
18 of 60 4-letter words from AUTHENTIC tie at 9 points; none scores more. THEN, EACH and TECH will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in AUTHENTIC, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. CAN, ACT and NET are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of AUTHENTIC, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with AU · ending in IC · all 9-letter words
What AUTHENTIC means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AUTHENTIC, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUTHENTIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 185 | 240 | 173 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
54 of the 240 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHANTIE, TEUCHAT, CHATTI, CANEH, NACHE, NAUCH, NICHT, THEIC, CHUT, NACH, TICH, UNEATH and 42 more. 13 of the 240 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TITCH, CATH, CHAI, ECHT, TECH, CENTAI, HAINT, CENTU, CUNIT, UNICA, AHI, TEC and 1 more. 1 of the 240 answers is missing from Scrabble US: CUNT.
With one more tile, the letters of AUTHENTIC spell the words below.