Unscramble BACTERISES to get 335 words. BACTERISES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BACTERISES split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 9 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble BACTERISES, 13 score 11 points, the group's best. BREASTS, CREATES and REBATES are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from BACTERISES; 14 of them share the top score of 10. BREAST, BASICS and BRACES are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BACTERISES, the top score is 9, reached by 17. BASIC, BASIS and BEARS are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words from BACTERISES tie at 8 points; none scores more. BEST, CASE and CARE will look familiar.
BAC and CAB share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words in BACTERISES. ARE, ITS and CAR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BACTERISES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACERBEST, ASBESTIC and ASCRIBES (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BACTERISES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACTERISES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 335) | 267 | 335 | 252 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
68 of the 335 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BACTERISES, BACTERISE, ESCRIBES, BECASSE, CABRIES, CABRITS, CARBIES, ESCRIBE, ABCEES, CABRIE, CABRIT, SCRABS and 56 more. 15 of the 335 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ATRESIC, BESTIES, REBASES, BASSER, BESTIE, BRISES, BESES, BAES, BAE, BES, TEC, ATS and 3 more.
This word takes every letter of BACTERISES plus a single extra one.