Unscramble BACTERIAS and you have 297 words, BACTERIAS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 12, among them BACTERIA, BEARCATS and CABARETS. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BACTERIAS split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among 29 7-letter words made with BACTERIAS letters, the top score is 11, reached by 8. CABARET and ABREAST are the familiar ones.
13 of 60 6-letter words from BACTERIAS tie at 10 points; none scores more. BREAST, RACIST and BRACES will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BACTERIAS, the top score is 9, reached by 18. BASIC, BEARS and BEAST are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in BACTERIAS, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. BEST, CASE and CARE are the ones most people know.
BAC and CAB are the top 3-letter words made with BACTERIAS letters, 7 points each. ARE, ITS and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BACTERIAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in AS · all 9-letter words
BACTERIAS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. BACTERIAS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACTERIAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 297) | 239 | 297 | 223 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: CABRIES, CABRITS, CARBIES, CABRIE, CABRIT, ABACS, ACATERS, ARABISE, BARTSIA, CABAS, CABRE, ECTASIA and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: BARCAS, AIRBASE, ATRESIC, BARCA, BARISTA, ARABIS, ACAIS, ACAI, BAES, BAE, BES, TEC and 4 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of BACTERIAS and one more.