Unscramble BACCHIAN and you have 71 words, BACCHIAN itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CHICANA leads with 14 points. It has 8 letters, 3 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 BACCHIAN split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 2 with 6, 11 with 5, 18 with 4, 26 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in BACCHIAN: CHICANA, for 14 points.
Keep every letter of BACCHIAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in AN · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CANCHA (13 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: BACCHIAN is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACCHIAN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 71) | 51 | 71 | 45 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
20 of the 71 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BACCHIAN, CHICANA, BACHA, BIACH, CHIB, ANICCA, BHAI, NACH, ABAC, ACCA, ACH, CABA and 8 more. 6 of the 71 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CHICA, CHANA, CHAI, BANC, ACAI and AHI.