169 words come out when you unscramble BARNACLE, starting with BARNACLE itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of BARNACLE is on the page: BALANCER, each 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from BARNACLE by length: 2 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Among 40 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BARNACLE, the top score is 9, reached by 7. LEARN, CLEAR and CABLE are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 4-letter words from BARNACLE tie at 8 points; none scores more. AREA, CARE and ABLE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BARNACLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in LE · all 8-letter words
What BARNACLE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BARNACLE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNACLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 135 | 169 | 126 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 34 of them: BANALER, CABRE, ABAC, BRANLE, CABA, RANCEL, ABEAR, ANCLE, BAC, BELAR, BLAER, BRANE and 22 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: CABLER, BARCA, BANC, BEAL, BAE, CAL, LARN, NALA and NARE.
These 4 words take every letter of BARNACLE plus a single extra one.