Unscramble BARRACES to get 169 words. BARRACES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34A1R1R1A1C34E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BARRACES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 18 with 6, 49 with 5, 53 with 4, 35 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Of the 49 5-letter words from BARRACES, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. AREAS, BEARS and ACRES are the ones most people know.
7 of 53 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BARRACES tie at 8 points; none scores more. AREA, CASE and CARE will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of BARRACES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BRACERS (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BARRACES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRACES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 128 | 169 | 123 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: BARRACES, BARRACE, ABACS, CABAS, CABRE, SCRAB, ABAC, ABEARS, BACS, BARRAS, CABA, CRARES and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: BARCAS, BARCA, BAES, BAE and BES.